Israel kills Hezbollah's 'new leader' in blitz on 'secret bunker' in another huge blow for Iran-backed terror group

Israel has killed Hezbollah's 'next leader' successful a fatal blitz connected a hidden bunker successful nan latest rustle for nan Iran-backed panic group. 

Hashem Safieddine was killed successful an Israeli airstrike successful confederate Beirut successful early October, nan Israeli subject said today. 

Safieddine was a powerful cleric wrong nan Hezbollah ranks and was expected to win Hassan Nasrallah. 

According to Israel, Safieddine was killed during their airstrikes successful early October wrong a confederate suburb of Beirut. 

About 25 different Hezbollah leaders were besides reportedly killed during nan airstrike. 

As nan caput of Hezbollah's executive council, Safieddine oversaw nan group's governmental affairs. He besides sat connected nan Jihad Council, wherever he helped negociate subject affairs. 

His cardinal domiciled successful nan panic group made him a premier target for Israel. 

Safieddine was groomed for nan activity domiciled by Hassan Nasrallah earlier he was besides killed successful an Israeli precision airstrike connected Beirut. 

He wore a achromatic turban denoting descent from Islam's Prophet Mohammed, and his beingness resemblance to Nasrallah - who led nan Lebanese Shi'ite group for much than 3 decades - besides marked him arsenic a favourite for nan succession. 

Safieddine hails from a salient Lebanese Shi'ite family, and was calved successful nan country's predominantly Shi'ite south.

He studied astatine belief seminaries successful nan Iranian metropolis of Qom earlier returning to Lebanon successful nan 1990s to presume activity responsibilities successful nan group.

Safieddine maintained beardown ties to Hezbollah's backers successful Iran.

His son, Rida, was joined to nan girl of nan precocious Iranian wide Qassem Soleimani, caput of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, until he was killed by a U.S. drone onslaught successful Baghdad successful 2020.

His brother, Abdullah, serves arsenic Hezbollah's typical successful Tehran.

As executive assembly chief, Safieddine played a domiciled immoderate likened to that of premier curate of a government, responsible for an array of Hezbollah institutions progressive successful wellness care, education, culture, and construction, and different activities.

He led efforts to rebuild nan Hezbollah-controlled confederate suburbs of Beirut pursuing nan group's 2006 warfare pinch Israel, erstwhile swathes of nan area were flattened by Israeli airstrikes.