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In the wider context of the latest Israel–Hezbollah war, at least 11 consecutive bombings took place in Dahieh on that occasion, reportedly targeting a meeting taking place in an underground bunker and consisting of several senior Hezbollah officials, including Safieddine and the group's chief of intelligence, Hussein Ali Hazimeh.
Safieddine was born in 1964 in Deir Qanoun En Nahr, southern Lebanon, to a respected Shia family. [1] His name is also rendered as Safi al-Din. [1] [2] He was a maternal first cousin of Hassan Nasrallah. [3] [4] He was the brother of Abdallah Safieddine, [5] a key Hezbollah figure based in Tehran. [6]
Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was previously killed in an Israeli attack last month on the Iran-backed ...
Netanyahu, in a video address to the people of Lebanon, confirmed that Hashem Safieddine, who was expected to replace Nasrallah, was killed amid speculation of his death… Netanyahu says ...
Israel reportedly killed Safieddine on 3 October by dropping 73 tonnes of bombs on Dahiyeh in an attack similar to the bunker-buster bombs that killed Nasrallah a week earlier.
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who was expected to succeed Nasrallah as the group's secretary-general following his assassination, was reportedly targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. [224] It was unclear whether Safieddine had been killed. [225] Hezbollah said it had lost contact with Safieddine after the strike. [226]
The Israeli military said the airstrike that killed Safieddine was aimed at Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold, where more than 25 of the group’s members were inside the underground headquarters.
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hashem Safieddine, reported by Israel as apparently killed in its confrontation with Hezbollah, is widely seen as Hassan Nasrallah's likely successor as head of the Iran-backed ...