The job of leader of Hizballah these days seems to be experiencing a high turnover.
“Fate of assumed successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah unclear after Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut,” by Zoe Hussain, New York Post, October 4, 2024:
The assumed successor to assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of an Israeli airstrike that killed other terror leaders overnight — as Israel claimed Friday to have “eliminated 2,000+ military targets and 250 Hezbollah terrorists” in the last four days alone.
Hashem Safieddine, Nasrallah’s apparent successor, was the target of a strike that rocked Beirut overnight, an Israeli official told CNN, which stressed it was unclear if he was killed.
However, Mohammad Rashid Sakafi, the head of communications for Hezbollah’s networks, was identified as one of those taken out in a “precise, intelligence-based” strike in Beirut, Israel said.
“Over the last 4 days, the IDF has eliminated 2,000+ military targets and 250 Hezbollah terrorists,” the Israel Defense Forces said Friday of its astonishing operation to cripple the group….
Safieddine is a maternal cousin of Nasrallah. The two staunch critics of Israel and the West studied together in Iran in the early 1980s.
Safieddine served as head of Hezbollah’s executive council and, until his predecessor’s death, was seen as the likely heir to the organization’s highest-ranking seat….
Bruce David Watt says
shaving heirs
somehistory says
Cut off the head of the snake, and it dies. islam has many ‘heads,’ and some serious cutting has begun.
James Lincoln says
Just wondering if Nasrallah’s successor(s) have a choice in the matter…
somehistory says
I’ve wondered that too, James. My guess is not if they don’t want to be whacked by the one choosing them to succeed. Do they want the tiger behind the door…or…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
That thought struck me as well. However, in this case, since the guy was a cousin of Nasrallah and had worked w/ him from the start, he’d probably have been happy to take the reins
However, assuming that he’s now dead, I think Hizbullah will find it harder to attract recruits. Particularly since they’re being wiped out of South Lebanon
OLD GUY says
Islam lives to die, so someone will always step up.
James Lincoln says
Thanks for your replies somehistory and Infidel.
tgusa says
“Israeli airstrikes hit Hizballah top dogs”
Well that’s a shame.
I can envision a Hizballah meeting.
I have bad news, the top dog is no longer, again. Who wants to be the next top dog?
Silence…everyone looks away, pretends to be doing something else, afraid to make eye contact.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Or better yet, everybody suggests the name of someone else at the table, and that someone else suggests another person, and so on….
Best scenario: while they are deliberating, an Israeli bomb lands on that site, killing them all and making that meeting redundant 😈
tgusa says
They should do a conference call, oh wait, perhaps not.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Actually, that could be better in that Israel would be forced to use one missile per participant, as opposed to just one missile to kill all of them at one go
tgusa says
Israel could always just deploy their super secret bomb fleas to take care of the matter.
somehistory says
Could happen. bombs away as they once were fond of saying. Perhaps whatever food or drink they are being served could be somewhat ‘spiked.’
tgusa says
Nobody in that meeting is dumb enough to have a snack…or are they? There is no accounting for dumassery.
JimJFox says
Correct spelling, well done.
Hizb Allah