BEIRUT (Dispatches) – 
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem has announced that a grand public funeral for martyred leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah and other slain senior officials would be held on Feb. 23. 
“We chose Sunday, Feb. 23, for a grand public funeral procession. Several prominent figures are expected to attend,” Sheikh Qassem said in a televised speech, adding that a funeral would also be held on the same day for martyr Hashem Safieddine, who Qassem said had been elected a successor to Nasrallah but was martyred before the official announcement of his appointment.
Sheikh Qassem explained that “security conditions prevented holding a funeral” during an all-out war between the group and the Zionist regime that began on Sept. 23, 2024, noting the group decided to hold the funeral as this war ended on Nov. 27, 2024. 
While mentioning the ongoing ceasefire deal with the Zionist regime, Sheikh Qassem called on the Lebanese government to assume full responsibility for monitoring the deal’s implementation and to exert pressure on sponsoring states to halt Israeli aggression and violations.
Hezbollah’s Secretary General also said the Lebanese government is responsible for ensuring that the Zionist regime complies with a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.
“The government of Lebanon, following the extension of the ceasefire agreement, is responsible for pursuing the matter and putting pressure on the observing and mediating countries to stop the Israeli attacks and violations of the ceasefire,” he said.
Sheikh Qassem said Hezbollah exercised restraint to give the Lebanese government a chance to fulfill its obligations under the ceasefire agreement mediated by France and the United States on November 27.
He warned that Israel continues to breach the ceasefire agreement.
Israel was supposed to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon by January 26 under the truce deal it signed with Hezbollah in November. However, it refused to do so, and the deadline was extended to February 18. More than 80 Lebanese have also been killed in Israeli attacks on the country since the ceasefire came into force.