Israel Confirms The Death Of Hashem Safieddine Candidate For Successor Hassan Nasrallah

Illustration. Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon. (UNICEF-Dar Al Mussawi)

JAKARTA - The Israeli military confirmed that it had killed Hashem Safieddine from Hezbollah who was the successor to the leader who was killed, Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel claimed the killing of Safieddine in an attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut three weeks ago.

"It is now certain that in an attack about three weeks ago, Hashem Safieddine, head of the Executive Council of Hezbollah, and Ali Hussein Hazima, head of the Hezbollah Intelligence Directorate, were killed along with other Hezbollah commanders," the Israeli military said in a statement. a statement, quoted by AFP Wednesday 23 October.

Hezbollah has not issued a statement regarding the claim.

On October 8, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military had "killed" Safieddine, without specifying details of names.

In his speech, Netanyahu said the Israeli military killed thousands of militants, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and candidate to replace Nasrallah and his "substitute".

Late Tuesday, October 22, the Israeli military said its air force carried out a targeted intelligence-based attack on Hezbollah's main intelligence headquarters on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Dahiyeh, the Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital three weeks ago.

In that statement, the Israeli military claimed during the attack more than 25 Hezbollah militants were present at the base.

"Including Bilal Saib Aisha, who is responsible for gathering air intelligence," the statement said.