The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Tuesday that Hezbollah’s next-in-line, Hashim Safieddine (or Safi a-Din), was killed in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, in early October, ending weeks of speculation about his fate.
In a statement, the IDF said:
The IDF can now confirm that Hashem Safieddine, Head of the Hezbollah Executive Council, and Ali Hussein Hazima, Commander of Hezbollah’s Intelligence Headquarters, were eliminated by the IDF, along with additional Hezbollah commanders. The terrorists were eliminated in a strike carried out approximately three weeks ago in the area of Dahieh, a key Hezbollah terrorist stronghold in Beirut.
The IAF conducted a precise, intelligence-based strike on Hezbollah’s main intelligence headquarters, deliberately located underground beneath the civilian population in the Dahieh.
Over 25 Hezbollah terrorists were inside Hezbollah’s…
