Hizbollahs leder, Hassan Nasrallah, sa Israel hadde krysset en grense da de drepte Imad Mughniyeh i Damaskus tirsdag kveld, og at hevnen kom til å bli grusom.

In a fiery, videotaped eulogy broadcast on a giant screen to tens of thousands attending the south Beirut funeral, Nasrallah said Israel had taken the fight outside the «natural battlefield» of Israel and Lebanon.

«You have crossed the borders,» he said. «With this murder, its timing, location and method — Zionists, if you want this kind of open war, let the whole world listen: Let this war be open.»

Thousands gathered in a hall in the Roueiss neighborhood of Beirut where Mughniyeh’s coffin lay draped in a Hezbollah flag. A band played Lebanon’s national anthem and the guerrilla group’s anthem. Outside in the rain, tens of thousands more stood in silence.
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Nasrallah — himself in hiding because of fears of assassination since the 2006 summer war with Israel — warned Israel that its alleged killing of Mughniyeh was a «very big folly» which will be avenged.

«Mughniyeh’s blood will lead to the elimination of Israel. These words are not an emotional reaction,» he said, drawing roars from the crowd which raised fists into the air.

Hezbollah chief threatens Israel