Hezbollah Loses Contact With New Leader

10/5/2024 10:09:28 PM

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Beirut- Hezbollah said it has lost contact with one of its senior leaders, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine since Friday after an Israeli air strike on Beirut's Dahiyeh neighbourhood. Safieddine was seen as a possible successor to late leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated by Israel in a similar strike last Friday.

As the chairman of Hezbollah Executive Council, Sayyed Safieddine is a very high-ranking member of the organisation.

Sky News Arabia quoting Lebanese security sources reported that the chances of anyone surviving the targeted strike involving Safieddine in Dahiyeh were“almost zero.”

Israel's Channel 12 claimed that IRGC Quds Force chief Esmail Ghaani was also likely present at the meeting that was targeted by the Israelis and was reportedly injured. There has been no word from Iran or Hezbollah on these reports.

Nader Hashemi, associate professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at Georgetown University, says losing contact with Nasrallah's successor is“another serious and significant setback for Hezbollah”.

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“The wording that they've lost contact with him is an attempt to prepare Hezbollah supporters with the coming announcement that he has been confirmed dead,” Hashemi was quoted by Al Jazeera as saying.

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