After getting Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Israel is now targeting its brand-new leader, Hashem Safieddine. The Jewish country performed extreme airstrikes in Beirut, targeting at the underground bunker where Safieddine existed. This belongs to its constant action to remove the Lebanese-based militant group. How far has it prospered?
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Hezbollah main Hashem Safieddine(left)was the target of Israel’s over night airstrikes in Beirut. Submit image/Reuters
10 times– that’s the variety of times Israel bombarded Lebanon’s Beirut on Thursday(October 3), which lots of are stating was among the heaviest in the location given that the Jewish country eliminated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last Friday (September 27).
Reports declare that Israel was targeting Hezbollah’s brand-new leader and Nasrallah’s cousin, Hashem Safieddine, who at the time of the attack was going to a conference in an underground bunker, in Beirut.
Neither the IDF nor the Hezbollah has actually made any declaration on the very same and it stays uncertain if the many strikes eliminated Safieddine.
We take a closer take a look at who is Hashem Safieddine and what is left of the Hezbollah management as Israel continues in its effort to take apart the Lebanon-based militant group.
Who is Hashem Safieddine?
Israel’s warplanes performed a series of extreme strikes on Lebanon’s Beirut on Thursday, with reports calling it among the most extreme in the area. The Israeli armed force stated it struck “targets coming from Hezbollah’s intelligence head office in Beirut”.
According to news outlet Axiosthe Israeli strike was far bigger than the one that eliminated Nasrallah. The variety of casualties stays unidentified.
Authorities specify that Israel’s targeting of Safieddine remains in line with the nation’s goal of methodically removing Hezbollah’s management.
Who precisely is Safieddine, the male on Israel’s hit list? Like his cousin, Hassan Nasrallah, Safieddine, who remains in his 60s, has actually been among Hezbollah’s earliest members, taking part the 1980s. He rapidly rose the ranks together with Nasrallah, playing essential functions and functioning as a political, spiritual and cultural leader, along with leading the group’s military activities at one point.
Such has actually been his climb in Hezbollah that he was promoted to the leading tiers of the organisation, consisting of the Jihadi Council, which manages the military activities, and the governing Consultative Assembly.
It is reported that the now Hezbollah leader has close ties to Iran, one that he started cultivating when he studied in the Iranian city of Qom. He likewise established close ties to the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force Major General Qasem Soleimani, who passed away in a United States airstrike in Baghdad in 2020. In addition, Safieddine’s boy Reza Hashem Safieddine is wed to the Iranian general’s child, Zeinab Suleimani.
In May 2017, the United States designated Hashem Safieddine as a terrorist for his popular function in Hezbollah, explaining him as a severe hazard to nationwide security.
What does Hezbollah’s management appear like now?
Israel’s targeting of Safieddine begins the heels of it effectively eliminating other Hezbollah veteran leaders such as Hassan Nasrallah, Ibrahim Aqil, Ali Karaki to name a few. Lots of professionals keep in mind that these killings have actually dealt a big blow to the Lebanon-based militant group.
That is not to state that they are without any instructions or management. There’s 71-year-old Naim Qassem, who has actually been Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general considering that 1991, and is thought about to be the motion’s “second”.
Qassem was designated deputy secretary basic under Hezbollah’s late secretary basic, Abbas al-Musawi, who was eliminated by an Israeli helicopter attack in 1992, and stayed in the function when Nasrallah ended up being leader.
Born in the Nabatieh governorate’s Kfar Kila, he has a long history in Shia political advocacy. While it is unclear which functions he has actually held within the group, it is stated that he has actually managed part of Hezbollah’s academic network and has actually likewise been associated with managing the group’s parliamentary activities.
On Monday, following Nasrallah’s killing, he even made a public speech, stating that Hezbollah fighters were all set to ward off Israel in a ground operation. “We will deal with any possibility and we are all set if the Israelis choose to get in by land and the resistance forces are all set for a ground engagement,” Qassem stated.
There’s likewise Talal Hamieh, who supervises of Hezbollah’s external operations and Khodor Nader, who heads Hezbollah’s security system. Abu Ali Rida, the leader of the Badr local department is likewise alive. No one understands of his present place.
From the political wing of Hezbollah, Ibrahim Amin Al-Sayyed, who acts as the head of the group’s political council, and Mohammed Raad, head of Hezbollah’s bloc in the Lebanese parliament, are likewise still alive.
Which Hezbollah leaders have been eliminated?
It appears the damage to Hezbollah has actually been done. Over the previous couple of days, Israel has actually methodically pursued numerous of Hezbollah’s leading leaders.
The greatest blow was that of Hassan Nasrallah, who was eliminated on September 27 in an Israeli airstrike. He wasn’t the only one. Israel likewise secured Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council. He was thought about by numerous to be the possible follower to Nasrallah.
There’s likewise the deaths of Ibrahim Akil, the leading leader and leader of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Forces. According to the United States, Akil became part of the group that performed the 1983 battle of the United States Embassy in Beirut and managed the taking of German and