{"id":2358199,"date":"2024-10-22T22:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T02:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-confirms-death-of-hezbollah-heir-apparent-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T22:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T02:09:59","slug":"israel-confirms-death-of-hezbollah-heir-apparent-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-confirms-death-of-hezbollah-heir-apparent-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel confirms death of Hezbollah heir apparent &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-confirms-death-of-hezbollah-heir-apparent-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel has confirmed the death of Hashem \u2062Safieddine, presumed heir apparent to Hezbollah, in an airstrike on Beirut. \u200cSafieddine, a cousin of former Hezbollah \u2064leader Hassan \u2064Nasrallah, was considered \u200ba \u2062potential successor and often \u2062acted on \u200dNasrallah&#8217;s \u2062behalf. The Israeli Defense Forces announced that Safieddine, alongside\u2063 Ali Hussein Hazima (commander of \u200dHezbollah\u2019s Intelligence Headquarters)\u2063 and other \u200cHezbollah \u200bcommanders, \u2063were killed\u2062 in a targeted operation three weeks ago in Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold. This airstrike, described as precise and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-to-open-offices-in-california-and-florida-to-investigate-threats-to-members-of-congress\/\" title=\"Capitol Police To Open Offices in California and Florida \u2018To Investigate Threats To Members Of Congress\u2019\">intelligence-based<\/a>, occurred\u2062 at\u200d a\u2064 location \u2062believed to \u2063be an underground intelligence\u2064 center. Reports indicated that \u200cmultiple explosions were\u200c seen during the attack, but Hezbollah has remained \u2062silent\u200b regarding these developments, continuing its broadcasts of regional conflicts as\u200c usual.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israel confirms death of Hezbollah heir apparent Hashem Safieddine<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1775026\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> confirmed that it killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3176740\/israel-targets-presumed-new-hezbollah-chief-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hashem Safieddine<\/a>, the presumed heir apparent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hezbollah<\/a>, in an airstrike on Beirut.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Safieddine is a cousin of former Hezbollah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike late last month. The former had been viewed as one of the leading successors to Nasrallah since the 1990s and would often fill in for him when the former leader was out of the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senior Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine speaks during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Trump Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline &#039;Viable Path to Victory&#039;\">news conference<\/a> in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, on Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo\/Bilal Hussein, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The IDF can now confirm that Hashem Safieddine, Head of the Hezbollah Executive Council, and Ali Hussein Hazima, Commander of Hezbollah&rsquo;s Intelligence Headquarters, were eliminated by the IDF, along with additional Hezbollah commanders,&rdquo; the Israel Defense Forces said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/idfanc.activetrail.biz\/ANC221020246589689098067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;The terrorists were eliminated in a strike carried out approximately three weeks ago in the area of Dahieh, a key Hezbollah terrorist stronghold in Beirut.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said the Israeli Air Force &ldquo;conducted a precise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-kills-local-hamas-leader-in-large-west-bank-airstrike-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israel kills local Hamas leader in large West Bank airstrike - Washington Examiner\">intelligence-based strike<\/a> on Hezbollah&rsquo;s main intelligence headquarters, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">deliberately located underground beneath<\/a> the civilian population in the Dahieh,&rdquo; and that 25 Hezbollah members were in the headquarters when it was struck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Philipp27960841\/status\/1848821243127976031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Videos of the attack<\/a> showed a massive airstrike reminiscent of the strike that killed Nasrallah, featuring over a dozen explosions and a massive fireball.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah has remained quiet about the attack. The Hezbollah-owned news station Al Manar carried on reporting as usual of fighting in southern Lebanon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/10\/22\/world\/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Safieddine had previously been thought to have been killed earlier this month after he went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3178452\/new-hezbollah-leader-unreachable-israeli-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"radio silent\">radio silent<\/a> in the aftermath of another Israeli strike in Beirut. Israel&rsquo;s Tuesday statement confirmed the speculation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah, perhaps the world&rsquo;s most powerful paramilitary organization, has taken a severe beating over the past month, including a devastating pager and walkie-talkie explosion attack and the assassination of nearly its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-deals-hezbollah-another-devastating-blow-kills-leader-in-targeted-strike\/\" title=\"Israel Deals Hezbollah Another Devastating Blow, Kills Leader in Targeted Strike\">entire senior command<\/a>. Hezbollah still hasn&rsquo;t announced a new leader following the death of Nasrallah, with the matter of succession now set to be more complicated with Safieddine&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Despite taking a battering, Hezbollah remains a capable organization, with tens of thousands of fighters, a vast tunnel network throughout southern Lebanon, and a vast missile arsenal of tens of thousands of rockets. Its attacks against Israel have grown increasingly bold in recent days, including a drone attack against one of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s residences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1775026\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1775026\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel confirms killing of Hezbollah&#8217;s potential successor, Safieddine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2358200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hashem-Safieddine-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6499,24658,4671,4133],"class_list":["post-2358199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-death","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel","tag-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hashem-Safieddine-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}