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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed the death of Hashem Saffieddin, the successor to Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah. According to the news of Times of Israel, Saffieddin was killed in an airstrike in Beirut on Thursday last week.
Before Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant had also claimed his death last evening. After Hezbollah chief Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on September 27, Saffieddin was considered a leading contender for the next chief.
He was made the head of the Executive Council of Hezbollah for the last 30 years. Saffieddin was currently a member of Hezbollah's Executive Council and a cousin of Hassan Nasrallah.
Saifidin joined Hezbollah in 1990
Saffieddine was born in 1964 in the city of Der Qanun al-Nahar, Lebanon. Both Saifieddin and Nasrallah have received religious education together. Both of them studied together in major Shia education centers like Qoum in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.
Both were recalled from Iran during Islamic studies in the 1990s. Both Nasrallah and Saffiedine joined Hezbollah in its early days. In 1994, Saffieddin was made the head of Hezbollah's Executive Council.
For the last three decades, Saifieddin had been looking after matters like funding of Hezbollah and education of the organization. Whereas Nasrallah looked after the strategic matters of the organization.
Just two years after Nasrallah became Hezbollah chief, Saffieddin was also made the head of the organization's Executive Council.
Nasrallah was killed last month Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli attack on September 27. Israel attacked Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut with an 80-ton bomb. Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah's death at 5 pm on Saturday, about 20 hours after the attack on Friday.
After this, on September 29, his dead body was recovered from under the Hezbollah headquarters. Apart from Nasrallah, his daughter Zainab was also killed in this attack. He was laid to rest 7 days after his death. According to news agency AFP, Nasrallah has been buried at a secret place due to fear of Israeli attack.
Nasrallah was the chief of Hezbollah for the last 32 years (1992).
Fear of Israeli attack on Iran
Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel will definitely attack Iran. In fact, late on October 1, Iran fired 180 missiles at Israel. Two Israeli civilians were also injured in this attack.
After the attack, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari had said that Iran will have to suffer the consequences of this attack. We have a plan and will take action by fixing the time and place as per our wish.
After the attack, Iran had said that this was the first revenge for Nasrallah's martyrdom. This is just the beginning.
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