2024-10-06 20:09:36
The likely successor to slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, his cousin Hashem Safieddine, has been missing since yesterday after an Israeli airstrike reportedly targeted him, a Lebanese security source said, quoted by Reuters. , broadcasts BTA.
In its military campaign against the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, Israel launched a major strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Thursday evening, targeting an underground bunker where Safiyedin was hiding, Axios reported, citing three Israeli officials.
A Lebanese security source and two other Lebanese sources said that ongoing Israeli strikes on southern Beirut since yesterday have hampered rescue operations in the suburb of Dahiya and rescuers have been unable to inspect the attack site.
“Hezbollah” has so far not commented on the strike aimed at Saffiedin, according to Reuters.
Arab media reported that Safiyedin was killed following Friday’s Israeli strikes in Beirut. Safiyedin was in a meeting with the leadership of “Hezbollah”, near the airport in the capital. According to them, all participants in the meeting died. So far, Israel and Hezbollah have not confirmed the death of Safiyedin.