Hezbollah names a new leader to replace Nasrallah. Here’s what we know about him

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-30 08:17:25 | Updated at 2024-10-30 15:22:12 7 hours ago

Hezbollah names a new leader to replace Nasrallah. Here’s what we know about him
CNN ^ | 10/29/24 | Nadeen Ebrahim

Posted on 10/30/2024 12:55:52 AM PDT by Libloather

CNN - Hezbollah has named Shiite cleric Naim Qassem as leader, over a month after his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

The group’s Senior Council elected Qassem as secretary-general, Hezbollah’s media office said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that Qassem is committed to prophet “Mohammed’s authentic Islam” and the core principles of the group.

Qassem now leads a group once regarded as Iran’s most formidable proxy in its conflict with Israel – a force that, in recent weeks, has been significantly weakened by Israeli strikes, with top leaders killed, thousands of fighters wounded, and missile capabilities degraded. The group now faces an intense Israeli military campaign in southern Lebanon.

Responding to the announcement, Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant wrote on X: “Temporary appointment. Not for long.”

The cleric had long been the group’s second-in-command, serving as deputy chief to the late Nasrallah. He is one of the few leaders of the Iran-backed group to survive Israel’s recent onslaught on the organization, which saw some of its key figures assassinated.

“The organization was left with little choices in terms of the top tier clerics,” Mohanad Hage Ali, deputy director for research at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, told CNN, adding that Qassem was “a known face” and therefore his appointment was “a no-brainer choice for the organization.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: boom; hezbollah; leader; nasrallah

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1 posted on 10/30/2024 12:55:52 AM PDT by Libloather

To: Libloather

Dead islamofascist walking.

2 posted on 10/30/2024 1:04:18 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.f)

To: Libloather

[Hezbollah has named Shiite cleric Naim Qassem as leader]

Get that man a pager, quickly!

OR he could just surrender to the IDF and become a valuable asset

3 posted on 10/30/2024 1:10:46 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)

To: Libloather

"They've got Dental, Tuition Reimbursement, Mileage Reimbursement, Free Coffee and Donuts. But the 401(k) Match doesn't kick in until after 6 months, so..."

4 posted on 10/30/2024 1:17:08 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)

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