2024-09-30 16:58:21
Beirut: Israel on Friday killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Confirming on Saturday morning, the Israeli army (IDF) said that Ali Karaki, commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, was killed along with Nasrallah. After Nasrallah’s death, this question has become most important that who will command Hezbollah, one of the world’s largest militia organizations? Experts say that Hashem Saffieddin, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, will replace Hassan Nasrallah in the group. Can. A source close to Hezbollah has said that Safiddin was alive after the attack on Hezbollah’s underground headquarters on Friday.
Who is Safieddin?
Saffieddin is Nasrallah’s cousin. He was born in 1964 into a family of clerics in a village near the coastal city of Tyre, in southern Lebanon. He was recalled to Beirut two years after Nasrallah took over leadership of the group. At that time he was studying in Iran. He was then included among the front-line leaders and handed over the leadership of Hezbollah’s Executive Council.
According to the report of Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, he is linked to a marital relationship with Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force. Soleimani was killed by America in a drone attack in the year 2020. For the past three years, he has been overseeing all of Hezbollah’s work, including education, foreign investment and finance.
Saffieddine leads the investment group operating in Lebanon, the Arab world, Africa, Europe and North and Latin America. Saffieddin also has close ties to Hezbollah’s military wing. In the year 2017, America had put him in the terrorist list. Apart from having strong ties within the organization within Lebanon, Safieddine also has good relations with Tehran.
good relations with iran
To reach the top leadership in Hezbollah, it is necessary to have Iran’s support. In such a situation, studying in Iran goes in their favor. According to the Saudi newspaper, Safieddin’s brother Abdullah is posted in Tehran as a Hezbollah emissary. This also increases the chances of Safieddin becoming the leader of the group. Saffieddin has appeared in public several times since the conflict with Israel began. He has attended the funerals of high ranking members of the group.