ABC / Reuters | 23 October 2024
Sadly this will not make peace any more real – Mark
• The man expected to succeed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem Safieddine, was killed in an Israeli air strike three weeks ago, the IDF has confirmed.
• US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held a meeting in Jeruselum with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• At least 18 people were killed overnight, including four children, and 60 injured, after an Israeli air strike near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut.
Israel’s military has confirmed the killing of Hashem Safieddine, the man expected to succeed Hezbollah’s slain leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Earlier this month, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Safieddine had probably been “eliminated” after fighter jets bombed Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters, located underground in the heart of a civilian population in the Da’aheh area of Beirut.
On Wednesday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Safieddine has been killed in the attack three weeks ago which also killed 25 other Hezbollah leaders.
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said: “We have reached Nasrallah, his successor and most of Hezbollah’s top brass. We will know how to reach anyone who threatens the security of the citizens of the State of Israel”
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