Jerusalem: Israel on Tuesday confirmed that it “eliminated” the apparent successor of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem Safieddine, in a strike in Southern Beruits almost three weeks ago.
In a post shared on X, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said, “Hashem Safieddine, Head of the Hezbollah Executive Council and Ali Hussein Hazima, Commander of Hezbollah’s Intelligence Headquarters, were eliminated during a strike on Hezbollah’s main intelligence HQ in Dahieh approx. 3 weeks ago.”
According to the IDF, Hashem was ‘;a member of the Shura Council, Hezbollah’s most senior military-political forum, responsible for the decision-making and policy-making in the terrorist organization.’
Who Was Hashem Safieddine?
The IDF said, “Hashem was the cousin of Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of Hezbollah, and had a significant influence on decision-making within Hezbollah. When Nasrallah was absent from Lebanon, Hashem filled in as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah. Throughout the years, Safieddine directed terrorist attacks against the State of Israel and took part in Hezbollah’s central decision-making processes.”
Hashem Safieddine was born in Lebanon in 1964 and has been the head of the organisation’s decision-making body since 1992. After pursuing religious cities in the Iranian city of Qom, Hashem Safieddine joined Hezbollah and is believed to have strong connections with Ayatollahs and Iran. His son, who headed the operations command of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq in 2020.
One of the six clerics, Hashem Safieddine was also the head of the Jihad Council and is one of the three key leaders of Hezbollah.
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