Hezbollah names new leader to succeed Nasrallah

The Lebanese violent group Hezbollah announced connected Wednesday that it had selected a caller leader to win Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed successful an Israeli airstrike successful September.

The caller leader, Naim Qassem, had served for decades arsenic Nasrallah's 2nd successful command. He has besides served arsenic a awesome spokesperson for nan group this twelvemonth arsenic Hezbollah's conflict pinch Israel has grown much severe.

Nasrallah was killed connected September 27, and nan man considered his astir apt successor, Hashem Safieddine, was killed successful different onslaught conscionable weeks later.

Israel wasted nary clip successful threatening Qassem and calling connected him to cease hostilities successful a statement.

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Naim Qassem, past Hezbollah's 2nd successful command, addresses nan crowd astatine nan ceremonial of Ibrahim Aqil, nan Hezbollah Radwan Forces commander, and Mahmoud Hamad, different Hezbollah commander, some killed successful an Israeli airstrike connected a residential building successful nan confederate suburb of Dahiyeh successful Beirut, Lebanon.

"His tenure successful this position whitethorn beryllium nan shortest successful nan history of this violent statement if he follows successful nan footsteps of his predecessors Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine," nan Israeli government's Arabic relationship wrote connected X.

"There is nary solution successful Lebanon isolated from to dismantle this statement arsenic a subject force," it added.

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Qassem's assignment comes amid rising tensions betwixt Israel and Iran, who person exchanged respective nonstop attacks successful caller weeks. Hezbollah has agelong served arsenic an Iranian proxy group and has suffered months of airstrikes by Israeli forces.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to prosecute authorities alteration successful Iran. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO)

Meanwhile, Iran vowed connected Monday to "use each disposable tools" successful consequence to Israel’s strategical airstrikes against nan state contempt a informing from nan Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to guidelines down aliases salary a "heavy price."

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"[Iran] will usage each disposable devices to present a definite and effective consequence to nan Zionist regime," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei declared during a televised news conference, according to Reuters.

Smoke rises aft an Israeli airstrike targeting Beirut's confederate suburb of Shayah connected Oct. 22. (Fadel Itani/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli aerial force jets struck 20 targets crossed Iran early Saturday during nan operation, named "Days of Repentance." The cognition unfolded pinch an first battle connected Iran’s aerial defense systems, followed by targeted strikes by much than 100 airplanes connected rocket and drone bases and weapons accumulation sites.

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President Biden told reporters Saturday that he met pinch intelligence organization officials pursuing nan Israeli strikes, saying successful a statement, "my dream is this is nan end." 

Reuters contributed to this report