Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hashem Safieddine. After Nasrallah’s death, Saffieddin gained command of Hezbollah. After Nasrallah’s death earlier this month, the Israeli military claimed to have killed Saffieddin in Beirut. But this was not officially confirmed by Lebanon and Hezbollah. However, now, after about a month, Hezbollah has confirmed this.
According to the report, Hezbollah said in a statement that Safieddin was killed in an Israeli airstrike. According to a CNN report, Hezbollah did not mention the date of the airstrike in its statement.
Safidin was killed on October 4.
The Israeli army claimed to have killed Saffieddin on October 4. Saffiedine was killed along with Hezbollah intelligence headquarters commander Hussein Ali Hazima during an October 4 attack by the IDF, The Times of Israel reported.
Who was Hashem Saffieddin?
Hashem Saffieddin was declared a terrorist by the United States in 2017. He currently plays an important role in Hezbollah’s political affairs and was also a member of the terrorist organization’s Jihad Council. Saffieddin was among Hezbollah’s top three leaders along with Nasrallah and Naeem Qasim. Hashem Saffieddin was said to be preventing Israeli attacks. He had dealt with Hezbollah’s political affairs. He was also the head of the Executive Council. In addition, he was also president of the Jihad Council, which plans the organization’s military operations. Hashem used to wear a black turban.
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Hashem used to call himself a descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
Hashem claimed to be a descendant of the prophet Muhammad. But the US State Department declared him a terrorist in 2017. Because he started a major war against Israel when Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander. He then told his fighters to make their enemies cry. Saffieddin, who was educated in the religious centers of Najaf in Iraq and Qum in Iran, returned to Lebanon in 1994 and soon rose to the top of Hezbollah’s ranks. In 1995 he joined the Majlis al-Shura, the group’s highest decision-making body.
Saffieddin has always been considered a potential successor to Nasrallah; Speculation about this role has intensified since 2006, when Iran reportedly promoted him as a possible future leader of the organization. He is the supreme leader of Hezbollah. He is one of six clerics who sit on the council. Shura Council body. He was elected head of the Executive Council in 2001.
