Hizbullah organized a funeral procession on Thursday for three of its fighters who were killed Wednesday in a blast that hit an ammunition depot in the Bekaa town of Nabi Sheet.Hizbullah leaders and officials took part in the procession, state-run National News Agency reported.
It identified the three victims as Ali Mustafa Alaeddine and Hasan al-Kheshen, who hail from the Western Bekaa town of Sohmor, and Jaafar al-Moussawi, who hails from Nabi Sheet.
The starting point for the procession was the Dar al-Hekma Hospital in Baalbek.
The party's media relations department said Wednesday that three Hizbullah fighters were killed and several other people maimed in a blast at an old ammunition depot in Nabi Sheet.
"The blast happened at a storehouse for old shells and ammunition and the remnants of the Israeli attacks on the area," said the department.
It added that "efforts are underway to address the incident's consequences in collaboration with the relevant authorities."
Among the maimed were four Syrian workers, a Lebanese official told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Residents said the blasts hit an arms stockpile in a building under construction in an uninhabited area between the villages of Nabi Sheet and Khodr.