Hezbollah has denied choosing Safi al-Din as Nasrallah’s successor.

Beirut (EFE).- The Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah has denied that cleric Hashem Safi Al Deen has been elected as secretary general of the organization’s political and armed movement, according to information provided on its Telegram channel.

Hours earlier, Arab media Al Arabiya and Al Hadath reported that Mamata and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli bombing on the outskirts of Beirut last Saturday, would be his successor.

Hezbollah refutes the media

“In response to reports circulating in some media regarding organizational processes within the Hezbollah leadership, we wish to clarify that the information in question is not significant and cannot be considered valid until an official statement is issued,” the statement said. Communication of the Lebanese Shia group.

After Hassan Nasrallah’s death in an Israeli airstrike on several buildings in Dahaye, home to the Shia group’s headquarters, south of Beirut, expectations are rising over who will succeed him following bombings in Lebanon and by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Declared a terrorist by America

Like most senior officials of Hezbollah – an organization considered a terrorist by Israel and the United States, but not by the European Union, which considers only its armed wing as terrorists – Safi al Deen was designated a terrorist in 2017. Had gone. According to a State Department note, the US government because he is “a key member” of the group.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced this Sunday that almost a million people have left their homes in recent days in Lebanon due to the campaign of attacks, recalling that his government has been in Gaza and Lebanon for “seven”. Calling for a ceasefire or eight months” EFE