The Shura Council, Hezbollah’s central decision-making authority, has appointed Hashem Safieddine as the Lebanon-based Shiite party’s new secretary general, Al Arabiya said, citing sources, Report informs referring to TASS.
Safieddine served as the head of the movement’s executive committee. He is a cousin of former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah killed on September 27 in an Israeli strike on south Beirut.
Information on his appointment has not been officially published.
On September 23, Israel launched an offensive operation, dubbed Northern Arrows, aimed at undermining the military infrastructure of the Hezbollah movement, carrying out massive air strikes across Lebanon, with dozens of settlements in the south and east of the country being targeted. The Hezbollah chief was killed in one of the strikes on Beirut with his death confirmed by the Shiite party.