Here’s who could succeed Nasrallah as Hezbollah’s next leader
After Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s death, it’s not entirely clear who’s next in line to succeed him as the militant group’s chief, particularly because Israel has killed several levels of its hierarchy.
CNN’s Ben Wedeman says there are two possibilities: Nasrallah’s deputy Naim Qassem or senior official Hashem Safieddine.
“But at this point, given the body blows that Hezbollah has received going back to July 30, when Fu’ad Shukr was killed in the southern suburbs of Beirut in an Israeli drone strike, what we’re seeing is that the organization is clearly reeling at the moment. And perhaps their priority at the moment is surviving — those who are still alive — surviving to carry on to fight another day,” Wedeman says.
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