Israel Says It Killed Hashem Safieddine, Considered a Successor to Nasrallah
Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of Hassan Nasrallah, joined Hezbollah soon after the group was formed and rose quickly in its ranks.
Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of Hassan Nasrallah, joined Hezbollah soon after the group was formed and rose quickly in its ranks.
His death is a blow to Hezbollah, the militia force and Iranian proxy he led. Whether it will cripple the group, or fuel another cycle of retribution, remains to be seen.
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Islamist militant organization and Lebanese political party, has been in conflict with Israel since its founding decades ago. Now the death of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, threatens to take that conflict to a new and even more destructive level. The Israeli military carried out a massive […]
A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat | Afp | Getty Images The Israeli army on Saturday officially announced the killing of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, one day after carrying out a large-scale attack on Lebanon. […]