AA / Tunisia / Majdi Ismail
Hezbollah declared Friday that it “does not yet have information” on the fate of Hachem Safieddine, the head of the party’s Executive Council, expected to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, after a series of nighttime strikes which shook the day before. southern suburbs of Beirut, reported the Lebanese daily L’Orient-Le Jour.
This bombing, one of the most violent raids on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, targeted “a meeting of senior Hezbollah leaders, including Hassan Nasrallah’s presumed successor, Hachem Safieddine,” according to three Israeli officials. speaking on condition of anonymity, cited by the New York Times.
For its part, the Israeli army has not denied or confirmed, for the moment, having targeted Hachem Safieddine with strikes carried out Thursday evening on Dahiyé, according to the Israeli public broadcasting company (KAN).
On September 23, the Israeli army launched the “most violent, most extensive and most intensive” attack against Lebanon since the start of clashes with Hezbollah about a year ago.
The Israeli army announced five days later (Saturday September 28, 2024) in a press release that it had “eliminated” the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, during strikes carried out by F-35 combat planes which targeted a target. in the popular neighborhood of Haret Hreik, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah stronghold on the night of Friday (September 27, 2024) to Saturday.
Hezbollah’s number two, Naïm Qassem, announced during his first speech after the death of Hassan Nasrallah that the party will choose a new secretary general as soon as possible and in accordance with the planned procedure, in other words an election. for a three-year term by the Shura Council, Hezbollah’s supreme body.
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