Hachem Safieddine, probable successor to Nasrallah at the head of Hezbollah, “unreachable” since a strike

INTERNATIONAL – After the death of Hassan Nasrallah, he was favorite to replace him at the head of Hezbollah. An Israeli strike on Beirut, on the night of Thursday October 3 to Friday October 4, targeted Hachem Safieddine. Since this event, this senior official of the pro-Iranian group has been “unreachable”three Lebanese security sources told Reuters this Saturday, October 5.

Hezbollah has lost contact with the potential successor of its late leader Hassan Nasrallah, a Lebanese security source confirmed to CNN.

“Almost zero” chances of survival

On Thursday evening, Israel launched a large military operation in the southern suburbs of Beirut. An anonymous official told Sky News Arabia that the probability that Hachem Safieddine died in these bombings was great. And a Lebanese security source estimated that the chances of anyone surviving a targeted Israeli strike were “ almost zero ».

Israeli channel N12 and Saudi news channels Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath claim he was killed.

Israeli Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said Friday that the IDF was still assessing the damage from its airstrikes, which he said targeted the headquarters of Hezbollah’s intelligence services.

Hachem Safieddine is a distant relative of Hassan Nasrallah, who died on September 28, with whom the physical resemblance is striking. He studied religion in Iran and has very good relations with this country.

At the same time this Saturday, Israel is carrying out new bombings in Lebanon, particularly in the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of pro-Iranian Hezbollah. During the night from Saturday to Sunday, Israel said it bombed Hezbollah fighters “inside a mosque”. Hamas announced the death of one of its commanders and three members of his family in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli in northern Lebanon, the first in this region in a year.

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