Hezbollah launches more attacks as it announces new leader in wake of deaths

Oct 29, 2024

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By Ryan Robertson (Anchor), Evan Hummel (Producer), Zachary Hill (Video Editor)

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced on Tuesday, Oct. 29, that it had selected Sheikh Naim Kassem to be its next leader. Kassem has been serving as the de facto leader of the Iran proxy group ever since an Israeli airstrike killed late leader Hassan Nasrallah and another Israeli airstrike took out Hashem Safieddine, who many believed would have been the next leader of Hezbollah.

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Israel’s defense minister responded to the selection on the social media platform X, posting, “Temporary appointment. Not for long.”

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Kassem has been the deputy leader of the group over the past three decades. He’ll now serve as secretary general.

After the announcement, the Iran proxy group vowed to continue Nasrallah’s policies until “victory is achieved.”

Shortly afterward, eight Australian soldiers in a United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon were reportedly slightly injured in a suspected Hezbollah missile strike. Australia’s Defense Ministry condemned the attack.

Hezbollah also fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Tuesday, killing at least one person, according to Israeli authorities.

The militant group has launched rockets into Israel since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas, which is also an Iran proxy group.

Tags: Beirut, Death, Gaza, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Lebanon, Missile Strike, missiles, Tel Aviv, War

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

AFTER IT’S LAST LEADER, AND HIS REPLACEMENT, WERE BOTH KILLED BY ISRAELI BOMBS–HEZBOLLAH ANNOUNCED [SHAKE] [NY-EEM] [CASS-EM] WILL BE THE NEXT LEADER OF THE TERRORIST GROUP IN LEBANON.

AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED FORMER-LEADER HASSAN [NAS-RAH-LAH] IN SEPTEMBER. ANOTHER ONE IN EARLY OCTOBER TOOK OUT THE MAN SLATED TO REPLACE HIM [HASH-IM] [SAW-FEE-AH-DEEN].

ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER RESPONDED TO HAMAS’ SELECTION BY POSTING A PICTURE OF THE NEW LEADER ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ALONG WITH THE CRYPTIC CAPTION: “TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT. NOT FOR LONG.”

[CASS-EM] SPENT THE LAST 30 YEARS AS HEZBOLLAH’S DEPUTY LEADER

HE’LL NOW SERVE AS THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL.

THE IRANIAN PROXY GROUP VOWED TO CONTINUE NASRALLAH’S POLICIES UNTIL “VICTORY IS ACHIEVED.”

AND DESPITE THE SHAKEUP IN LEADERSHIP–HEZBOLLAH IS PROVING IT CAN STILL CAUSE HARM. SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, EIGHT AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN A U-N PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WERE INJURED IN A SUSPECTED HEZBOLLAH MISSILE STRIKE.

AUSTRALIA’S DEFENSE MINISTRY CONDEMNED THE ATTACK.

HEZBOLLAH ALSO FIRED DOZENS OF ROCKETS INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL, KILLING ONE PERSON, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI AUTHORITIES.

HEZBOLLAH MILITANTS STARTED LAUNCHING NEAR DAILY ROCKET STRIKES INTO ISRAEL AFTER THE WAR IN GAZA BROKE OUT.

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