A Hezbollah official said contact with Sayed Hashem Safieddin, who had been floated as a possible successor to Lebanon’s pro-Iranian movement leader Hassan Nasrallah, was “lost” after Israeli strikes targeted the Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut on Friday. The source told AFP that “contact with Sayyid Safieddin was lost after the heavy raids against the suburb”, on the night of Thursday to Friday. “We don’t know if he was at the point that was the target of the raids, nor who was present with him,” he added, asking not to be named. A second source close to the party confirmed this information, “the party is trying to reach the headquarters that was targeted underground, but Israel is systematically carrying out new raids in an attempt to thwart any rescue efforts.” According to the same source, Safieddin “was accompanied by Hajj Mortada, the head of Hezbollah’s intelligence services.” Early Friday morning, a source close to the […]
Source: News Beast
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