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Reuters reported that Hezbollah may have been reluctant to officially name a successor for fear he would be targeted by Israel for assassination. [78] Four days later, Safieddine was assassinated during an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on 3 October, [101] [102] [103] and Hezbollah confirmed his death on 23 October after his body was found. [104]
Around 73 tons of bombs were dropped on the bunker by the Israeli Air Force, and the strikes were reportedly larger than the attack that killed Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah on 27 September 2024. [9] [10] Footage of the aftermath showed giant balls of flame rising from the bunker with thick smoke and flares bursting out. The ...
Israel’s ambulance service said that a man and a woman had been killed in the town of Kirya Shmona. ... The fate of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s successor was unknown, said an Israeli ...
After Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah's headquarters in September 2024, Safieddine was widely expected to be named as his successor. [34] [6] He was recognized for his similarity to Nasrallah in both appearance and manner of speaking, [4] and for his strong ties with the Iranian regime and the Ayatollah. [27]
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.
Since Nasrallah's killing, Qassem has given three televised addresses, including one on Oct. 8 in which he said the armed group supported efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon.
Five Lebanese soldiers and a woman were killed in a simultaneous airstrike north of the security zone. The attacks were seen as a response to the operation a week earlier in which twelve Israeli commandos were killed. Nasrallah was quoted as saying on receiving the news of his son's death: "I am proud to be the father of one of the martyrs ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hashem Safieddine, the top Hezbollah official widely expected to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack, the group said Wednesday.