The killing of senior Hezbollah leader Hashem Saifieddin was confirmed by Hezbollah on Wednesday. Saifieddin was considered the successor to the organization’s top leader Hassan Nasrallah. Saffieddin played an important role in running the organization after Nasrallah’s death, but he too was discovered and eliminated by Israeli forces. The Israeli army had earlier claimed that they had eliminated Saifidin in an air strike three weeks ago, but there was no confirmation from the terrorist organization. Now, three weeks after the Israeli army’s claim, Hezbollah has also confirmed the death of Hashem Saffieddin.
Israel has claimed to have killed Hashim Saffieddin, a Hezbollah leader, in an airstrike in Beirut earlier this month, who was a strong possibility to replace the organization’s chief Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month. Saffieddin and 25 other Hezbollah leaders were killed in the attack in early October, according to Israel. Last week, Israel killed top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during the war in Gaza.
The Beirut suburb where Saifidi was killed was hit by airstrikes again on Tuesday. In these attacks, the building which Israel claimed was a base for Hezbollah was targeted.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his visit to Israel, said leaders should see Sinwar’s death as an opportunity to end the war. Blinken also stressed that Israel should do more to send humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described his meeting with Blinken, which lasted more than two hours, as productive.
