Israel targets presumed new Hezbollah chief in strike

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Israel continued its attacks against Hezbollah with a strike against the head of Hezbollah’s executive committee, Hashem Safieddine, the person presumed to succeed former leader Hassan Nasrallah.

It’s not clear if Safieddine was killed, though according to Lebanese news reports, the strike was larger than the one that killed Nasrallah on Sept. 27.

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