{"id":2361163,"date":"2024-10-29T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-names-new-leader-after-nasrallah-and-successors-killed-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:19:43","slug":"hezbollah-names-new-leader-after-nasrallah-and-successors-killed-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-names-new-leader-after-nasrallah-and-successors-killed-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah names new leader after Nasrallah and successors killed &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fhezbollah-names-new-leader-after-nasrallah-and-successors-killed-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=2361163&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>Hezbollah has announced the appointment of Naim Qassem as its new leader following the deaths of previous leaders, \u200cincluding Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in a recent airstrike. Qassem, aged 71, has been a longstanding deputy \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">secretary-general<\/a> and \u2062is seen as one \u200dof the few\u200c remaining officials capable of ensuring continuity within the \u2064organization amidst the ongoing violence and\u2064 threats from\u200d Israeli forces. The \u200cgroup is facing significant turmoil due to the loss of \u200bNasrallah and his potential successor, Hashem Safieddine, \u2064who was also killed in airstrikes. This leadership change \u2062occurs at a \u200dcritical time for Hezbollah, as it grapples with the implications of these losses on its operations and future \u200cdirection.  <\/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\">Help wanted: Hezbollah names new leader after Nasrallah and successors killed<\/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_1867907\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hezbollah<\/a> has named its new leader, filling the vacancy in what may be the most hazardous job on Earth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">terrorist group<\/a> announced on Tuesday that Islamic cleric Naim Qassem would take the reins of the organization after serving as its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-manufacturing-hub-locks-down-over-coronavirus-threatening-economy\/\" title=\"China Manufacturing Hub Locks Down over Coronavirus, Threatening Economy\">deputy secretary-general<\/a> for decades.<\/p>\n<p>At 71 years old, the elderly Hezbollah founding member is among the last remaining officials able to offer continuity in the group&rsquo;s leadership after a series of assassinations conducted by the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hezbollah&rsquo;s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem, listens to a speech by then-leader Hassan Nasrallah on a screen in southern Beirut on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo\/Bilal Hussein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Hezbollah Secretary-General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/3170833\/hassan-nasrallah-1960-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hassan Nasrallah<\/a> was killed in a September airstrike on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-warns-that-iranian-terrorists-are-planning-to-target-the-olympics-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israel warns that Iranian terrorists are planning to target the Olympics, according to the Washington Examiner\">terrorist group&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s headquarters in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>Nasrallah served as the top leader of Hezbollah for nearly three decades, and his death rattled the upper echelons of the terrorist group as the vacuum in leadership threatened to disrupt its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of Nasrallah, was a high-profile understudy for the secretary-general during his decades of leadership. He filled in for his cousin on multiple occasions before his demise and was expected to step into his shoes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3199595\/israel-confirms-death-hezbollah-heir-apparent-hashem-safieddine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Safieddine was killed<\/a> alongside more than two dozen other Hezbollah members in an airstrike in the Dahieh area of Beirut last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this Oct. 24, 2015, photo, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many of Hezbollah&rsquo;s other commanders have been killed in the Israeli bombing campaign on the terrorist group&rsquo;s infrastructure in Lebanon, making the selection of a new leader difficult as the pool of candidates shrinks.<\/p>\n<p>High-ranking Hezbollah leaders who have been eliminated in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent months include deputy head<\/a> of the central council Nabil Qaouk, Radwan Forces leader Ibrahim Aqil, and Cmdr. Ahmad Wehbe.<\/p>\n<p>Qassem was reportedly elected for leadership by Hezbollah&rsquo;s consultative Shura Council, which announced Tuesday it was &ldquo;entrusting him with the blessed banner on this journey.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We pray to the Almighty to grant him success in this honorable mission of leading Hezbollah and its Islamic resistance,&rdquo;&nbsp;the council said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Qassem&rsquo;s location is unknown, but he has given three video addresses since the death of Nasrallah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant<\/a> was curt in his response to Qassem&rsquo;s elevation, posting a picture of the new leader to social media with a short caption: &ldquo;Temporary appointment. 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