Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant says that the next potential Hezbollah leader was “probably” killed in a strike last week.
It was suggested that Hashem Safieddine could be the next leader of the group after its leader and his cousin Hassan Nasrallah was killed last month.
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Reports suggested Safieddine was targeted by Israel in a strike on Beirut last Friday.
“Hezbollah is an organisation without a head. Nasrallah was eliminated, his replacement was probably also eliminated,” Mr Gallant told Israeli troops in a brief video distributed by the military.
“There’s no one to make decisions, no one to act.”
Hezbollah has not commented on Safieddine’s whereabouts since the strikes.
