By The New York Times (World News) | Created at 2024-10-23 11:05:07 | Updated at 2024-10-23 13:25:27
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Hashim Safieddine, the presumed successor to Hassan Nasrallah, is the latest Hezbollah leader Israel says it has killed.
Hassan Nasrallah
Secretary general of Hezbollah
Killed Sept. 27
Naim Qassem
Deputy secretary
general
Presumed
successor
of Nasrallah
SHURA COUNCIL
Hashem
Safieddine
Executive
Council
Killed in early
October,
Israel said
JIHAD COUNCIL
Ali Karaki
Top commander
in southern Lebanon
Killed Sept. 27
Fuad Shukr
Widely regarded
as group’s top
military commander
Killed July 30
Ibrahim Amin
al-Sayyed
Political
council
Mohammad
Raad
Head of
parliamentary
bloc
Ibrahim Aqeel
Oversaw military
operations and
founded group’s
elite commando unit
Killed Sept. 20
Hassan Nasrallah
Secretary general of Hezbollah
Killed Sept. 27
Naim Qassem
Deputy secretary general
SHURA COUNCIL
Presumed successor
of Nasrallah
JIHAD COUNCIL
Hashem Safieddine
Executive Council
Killed in early October,
Israel said
Ali Karaki
Top commander
in southern Lebanon
Killed Sept. 27
Ibrahim Amin
al-Sayyed
Political council
Fuad Shukr
Widely regarded as group’s
top military commander
Killed July 30
Mohammad Raad
Head of parliamentary bloc
Ibrahim Aqeel
Oversaw military operations
and founded group’s
elite commando unit
Killed Sept. 20
Possible other members
- Oct. 23, 2024Updated 7:02 a.m. ET
Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah has assassinated several top leaders of the Lebanese militant group. On Tuesday, Israel announced another killing: Hashem Safieddine, a cousin and the presumed successor to Hezbollah’s recently assassinated leader.
Mr. Safieddine was killed in an airstrike in early October that targeted a meeting of Hezbollah leaders south of Beirut, the Israeli military said. At the time, several Israeli officials said that Mr. Safieddine had been a target of the attack, one of the heaviest bombardments to hit the area since an Israeli assault that killed Hezbollah’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Sept. 27.
The Israeli military did not provide evidence for its assertion that Mr. Safieddine had been killed, and Hezbollah has not commented on his fate. Above is a look at who has been killed among the group’s leadership.
