Safieddine had a significant influence on decision-making within the Hezbollah terror group and was former leader Hassan Nasrallah's cousin.

Safieddine was the former head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah’s cousin, who was killed by an Israeli strike.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    91·
    21 days ago

    This normalization of assassinations is really going to bite them back. But when it does, they’re going to cry “terrorism”.

    In the meantime, it becomes impossible to negotiate anything, since anyone sticking their head out as leadership becomes a target. They are all but guaranteeing the continuation of the war.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    17·
    20 days ago

    Seriously starting to question mods here for removing comments. Terrorists don’t need your protection.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      94·
      21 days ago

      They already nailed this guy a bit back – I was confused for a sec, thought I recognized his face from previous coverage. The article is just saying that the IDF is confirming that an earlier airstrike that had targeted him did, in fact, kill him.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2024_Dahieh_airstrike

      October 2024 Dahieh airstrike

      On the night of 3 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike on an underground bunker in Dahieh, a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, Lebanon, where Hezbollah leaders, including Hashem Safieddine, had convened in the headquarters of Hezbollah’s Intelligence Branch.[1][2]

      It sounds like both Lebanon and Israel had suspected that he was dead prior to this point, just weren’t certain:

      Fate of Hashem Safieddine

      According to the Israeli Channel 12, Israeli security officials were “increasingly confident” that Safieddine had been killed in the attack.[3]

      On 5 October, a Lebanese security source reported that Hezbollah lost contact with Safieddine, and that Hezbollah has not heard from him since the airstrike.[9][10]

      Al Arabiya and Al Hadath reported that Israel confirmed the assassination of Hashem Safieddine and all Hezbollah leaders that were with him.[11] On 8 October, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that Safieddine was likely “eliminated”. The claim was later repeated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[12][13][14] On 22 October, the IDF formally announced his killing along with Hussein Hazima and other senior Hezbollah members.[15][16]