The most promising candidate to succeed the slain Hezbollah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah, Hashim Safi al-Din, is also believed to be dead, according to the Israeli Defense Minister. “Hezbollah is a headless organization – Nasrallah has been eliminated and his successor has probably also been eliminated,” Joav Galant said, according to his office. The minister did not mention al-Din, the head of the Hezbollah Executive Council, by name.
The news channel Al-Jazeera reported a few days ago that Hezbollah had lost contact with Safi al-Din. Hezbollah dismissed the reports as false.
The senior Hezbollah leader was reportedly the target of a massive Israeli bombardment in the Lebanese capital Beirut last week. He is a cousin of the slain Nasrallah and is said to have good connections to Iran.
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