Israel confirms death of Nasrallah’s successor in Hezbollah during offensive in Lebanon

The Israeli Army confirmed this Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the death of Hashem Safi al Din, possible successor to the also murdered Hasan Nasrallah at the head of Hezbollah, who was suspected of being killed in the Israeli offensive in Lebanon since the beginning of this month.

The Arabic spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Avichay Adraee, confirmed his death tonight, in an attack on October 4, stating: “We have reached Nasrallah, his successor and the majority of Hezbollah leaders. “We will pursue anyone who threatens the civilians of the State of Israel.”

Along with the death of Safi al Din, whom the Israeli Army named as head of Hezbollah’s executive council and who was also Nasrallah’s cousin, The IDF also announced that of Ali Hussein Hazima, commander of Hezbollah’s intelligence unit.

“The IDF carried out a precise attack organized by Intelligence against Hezbollah’s main intelligence headquarters,” this institution noted in a statement. in which they detailed that there were supposedly 25 Hezbollah members in that space, which was located underground in Dahye, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which became targets of Israel’s bombings in Lebanon in the last month.

Israel’s own Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, assured on October 8 that Israel had killed Safi al Din, as well as his possible replacement: “We have eliminated thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah himself, Nasrallah’s successor and the successor of Nasrallah’s successor,” he said without detailing names.

However, the Army later qualified their words by assuring that they were studying his possible death, which today Intelligence has been able to confirm.

Since Israel launched its ground offensive in southern Lebanon in the early hours of October 1, At least 2,483 people have died and Israel claims that more than 1,500 are militiamen.

Until the escalation of the conflict and since the beginning of the exchange of fire on the border on October 8; In Israel, 52 people had died – half of them civilians -; while in Lebanon there were more than 700, of which more than 400 were Hezbollah combatants, but also a hundred civilians.