Israel confirms death of potential successor to Hezbollah leader – DW – 10/23/2024

The Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday (10/22/2024) the death of Hashem Safi al-Din, the possible successor to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who was suspected of being killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon. Beginning of this month.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Arabic spokesman, Avichai Adraee, confirmed his death in a strike tonight on 4 October, saying: “We have reached out to his successor Nasrallah and most of the leaders of Hezbollah. We will target anyone ” Which threatens citizens of the State of Israel.”

Along with the death of Safi al-Din, whom the Israeli military had named as head of Hezbollah’s executive council and who was also Nasrallah’s cousin, the IDF also announced the death of Ali Hussein Hazima, commander of Hezbollah’s intelligence branch.

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“The IDF carried out a precision strike conducted by intelligence against Hezbollah’s main intelligence headquarters, indicating that there were reportedly 25 Hezbollah members at the underground location in Dahaye, a southern suburb of Beirut,” the organization said in a statement. Which was the target of Israel’s bombing in Lebanon last month.

Israel’s own Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, assured on October 8 that Israel had killed Safi al-Din and his potential replacement: “We have killed thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah, Nasrallah’s successor and Nasrallah’s successor, ” he said. Description of names.

However, the Army later confirmed its point by assuring that they were studying his possible death, which intelligence has been able to confirm today.

Since Israel began its ground offensive in southern Lebanon in the early hours of October 1, at least 2,483 people have been killed and Israel claims more than 1,500 militants.

Since the escalation of the conflict and the beginning of border firing on 8 October; In Israel, 52 people were killed – half of them civilians –; While in Lebanon there were more than 700, of whom more than 400 were Hezbollah fighters, but also a hundred were civilians.

GS (EFE, AFP)