Hezbollah confirms death of Nasrallah's heir apparent

The armed group paid tribute to Hashem Safieddine as a “a great leader and a great martyr”.

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The Israeli military said on Tuesday night that it killed Hashem Safieddine in a strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

On Wednesday, Hezbollah put out a statement saying it was mourning “a great leader and a great martyr” who lived an “honourable life”.

Safieddine was head of the group's executive council and was a cousin of its late secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese capital on 27 September.

Following Nasrallah’s death, Saffiedine had taken a leadership role within Hezbollah, and was expected to be formally elected as its next secretary general, although no official announcement had yet been made.

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