Hezbollah confirms death of top official Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to killed leader
Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hashem Safieddine, one of the candidates possibly slated to take charge of the group following the assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The Israel Defense Forces said earlier that Safieddine was killed when the Israeli Air Force attacked the underground intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut’s southern suburbs about three weeks ago.
Hezbollah said in a statement Wednesday that Safieddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike, without specifying the date.
“His Eminence Sayyed Hashem Safieddine has devoted most of his life to serving Hezbollah, the Islamic Resistance and its society,” the Lebanese militant group’s statement said.
The group has yet to name a successor to Nasrallah.
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