Israel Claims Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah’s Next Potential Chief, Killed In Beiruit
The Israeli military has claimed that they have eliminated Hashem Safieddine-- who was set to become the head of Hezbollah-- in a strike in Lebanon's capital city Beirut three weeks ago. Safieddine was the cousin of Hassan Nasrallah-- the former head of Hezbollah, who was killed in an Israeli strike last month.
“It can now be confirmed that in an attack approximately three weeks ago, Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, and Ali Hussein Hazima, the head of Hezbollah’s Intelligence Directorate, were killed along with other Hezbollah commanders,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
Safieddine was also a member of the Shura Council, Hezbollah's highest military-political body, responsible for decision-making and setting the group's policies. Quoting a ...