Israel: Israel confirms the killing of Hashem Saffieddin, the successor of Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah.

Israel : Israel has confirmed the death of Hashem Saffieddine, the possible successor to slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The Israeli military has confirmed that Hashem Saffieddine, head of Hezbollah's executive council, was killed in an airstrike in Beirut three weeks ago. The army said in a statement on Tuesday that Saffieddin was killed in a bomb blast by Israeli warplanes in a southern suburb of Beirut.

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Israel has said that he was killed during the attack on Hezbollah's main intelligence headquarters in Beirut about three weeks ago and Hezbollah commander Ali Hussein Hazima was also killed along with him.

Saffieddine was a cousin of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. After Nasrallah was assassinated by Israel in September, Saffieddine was considered the successor. Saffieddin was also a member of the Shura Council, Hezbollah's highest military-political body, responsible for making decisions and setting the group's policies.