Hashem Safieddine, along with several Iranian aides and other Hezbollah commanders, was eliminated in a strike on Beirut, Al Arabiya claims
Hashem Safieddine, the man rumored to have succeeded Hezbollah’s late chief Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in Israel’s airstrike on Beirut on Friday, the TV channel Al Arabiya claimed on Saturday.
The outlet’s sources claimed that the 60-year-old cleric, who headed up Hezbollah’s Executive Council and was often described before Nasrallah’s death as the number two within the organization, was assassinated after an attack on the southern part of the city, along with several unnamed Iranian aides and Hezbollah commanders. Safieddine was reportedly hiding in a deep bomb shelter.
Echoing the claim, an unnamed Lebanese official cited by Reuters and Sky News Arabia said that the chances of anyone surviving in the targeted area are “almost zero.” Moreover, a Reuters source said that Safieddine had…