(10 Aug 2025)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 10 August 2025
1. Funeral procession of soldier Mohammad Ali Shkeir in front of the Military Hospital in Beirut, with coffin carried on the shoulders of fellow soldiers
2. Shkeir’s mother screaming and crying
3. Various of soldiers carrying coffin as they march past a saluting squad
4. Tilt-down from the face of a relative of the soldier to his portrait
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mariam Darwish, a relative of the victim:
"The army and the resistance are brothers. We have raised them to defend the homeland and to be free in their homeland. God willing, Lebanon will always, always remain safe and in peace."
6. Various of Lebanese Army convoy travelling with ambulance carrying the body of the soldier, arriving at the cemetery in Ghobeiry
7. Various of the coffin being carried by soldiers into the cemetery
8. Shkeir’s mother crying and following them as they carry the coffin
9. Coffin held up on shoulders of soldiers
10. Tilt-down from portrait of the soldier to his mother crying on his coffin
11. Close of Shkeir’s mother crying while leaning on his coffin
12. Various of civilians and military personnel at funeral hall where family members are receiving condolences
13. Various of Shkeir’s father sitting near a Lebanese army officer
14. Shkeir’s poster
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Suheil Shkeir, father of soldier Mohammad Ali Shkeir:
"All our martyrs are for the sake of Ahl al-Bayt (the family of Prophet Muhammad) and for the sake of the homeland because a soldier carries his life in his hands for the sake of the nation – that is well known. May God accept him as a martyr."
16. Mourners attending funeral
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Gen. George Sofia, representative of the Lebanese Army Chief:
"It is not surprising that Mohammad’s martyrdom took place in the south, where he, together with his comrades, gave his utmost efforts and sacrifices to carry out the missions entrusted to him and work toward the return of residents to their lands."
18. Various of the family members receiving condolences
STORYLINE:
Funerals were held in Lebanon on Sunday to remember and mourn the soldiers killed a day earlier in an explosion in southern Lebanon.
Munitions in an arms depot exploded Saturday as army experts were dismantling them, killing six of and wounding several others, the army said.
Fellow soldiers carried the coffin of Mohammad Ali Shkeir on their shoulders during his funeral on Sunday while his mother cried.
"A soldier carries his life in his hands for the sake of the nation – that is well known. May God accept him as a martyr," said Suheil Shkeir, the father of the soldier.
The incident on Saturday occurred on the edge of the southern village of Zibqin in Tyre province, the army said.
It added that efforts were being made to determine the cause of the blast but gave no further details.
The depot is believed to have been used by the militant group Hezbollah.
The blast took place south of the Litani River in an area where Hezbollah withdrew its fighters under the terms of a ceasefire that ended a 14-month conflict with Israel in November.
Over the past months, Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers have been taking over Hezbollah posts in the area.
"It is not surprising that Mohammad’s martyrdom took place in the south," said Lebanese Army Gen. George Sofia during an address to mourners on Sunday. He added that Shkeir "gave his utmost efforts and sacrifices to carry out the missions entrusted to him and work toward the return of residents to their lands."
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