Israel reportedly targeted the likely successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last week in an Israeli airstrike, on Thursday in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.
The operation targeted Nasrallah’s cousin, Hashim Safieddine, in one of the terror group’s deepest bunkers that was described as a “far larger” attack than the one that killed Nasrallah.
Joe Truzman, senior research analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that it was “embarrassing” for Iran and Hezbollah that they have not been able to figure out how Israel is locating and targeting Hezbollah’s commanders with ease on the battlefield and eliminating them at will.
“Hezbollah media relations has not made any statements on the reported targeting of Hashem Saffedine by the Israeli military in Beirut’s Dahieh,” he added. “The longer they take to say something,…
