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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Beirut

Israel confirms killing of Hashem Safieddine, presumed next leader of Hezbollah

Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s highest political decision-making body, the executive council.
Israel says it killed Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s highest political decision-making body, in a strike on Beirut earlier this month. Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP

Israel has confirmed the killing of the presumed next leader of Hezbollah in an airstrike on southern Beirut earlier in October.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Israeli military said strikes in the suburb of Dahiyeh had killed Hashem Safieddine and Ali Hussein Hazima, the head of the militant group’s intelligence branch, three weeks ago.

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