From: France 24 October 6, 2024
Israel obstructing search for Hezbollah's Safieddine, Hezbollah official says

Israel is not allowing a search for senior Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine to progress after it bombed Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday, a Hezbollah official said, noting the group would only announce his fate when the search concluded.

Safieddine is seen as a likely successor to former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahiye, on September 27 His fate remains unclear.

Israel should "let rescue teams do their work" senior Hezbollah political official Mahmoud Qmati told Iraqi state television.
He said that Hezbollah was now being jointly led until it could pick a new leader, which would take time.

"What's important is that joint command is in place," he said "The method of choosing a replacement for the secretary-general takes time and requires appropriate circumstances, and for that reason we suffice today with temporary joint command," he said.

Hezbollah's salvo of Fadi 1 rockets
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said early Monday it had targeted an Israeli military base near the northern city of Haifa, the third attack on a military position in the area in one day.

Hezbollah fighters launched "a salvo of Fadi 1 rockets at the Carmel base south of Haifa," late Sunday the group said in a statement, having earlier reported two attacks on another base also south of Haifa.

The group dedicated the attack to its leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs last month.