Beirut's displaced mourn Nasrallah in Martyrs' Square

An atmosphere of shock and extreme grief hit central Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square on Saturday as people learnt of Nasrallah’s death, Middle East Eye's Nader Durgham reports. 

As the news spread, a man started screaming at the top of his lungs and stomping the ground in Martyr's Square, while, a few metres away, a woman could be heard wailing and crying in front of the Mohammed al-Amin Mosque.

Most of those in the square were there after fleeing Israel’s relentless bombing of the capital's southern suburbs, commonly known as Dahiyeh.

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