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according to a reporter from cctv on the 4th local time,israel carried out 11 consecutive attacks on the lebanese hezbollah stronghold in southern beirut.sources said the bombing was so violent that buildings in beirut and its suburbs were shaking.

according to the american axios news website citing israeli officials,the attack targeted senior hezbollah leader hashim safieddine,he is considered a possible successor to nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah who was killed in an israeli bombing recently. israeli officials have not commented.

hashem safieddin file photo

nasrallah, general secretary of lebanese hezbollah, died on september 27 in an israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of beirut. naim qasim, deputy general secretary of lebanese hezbollah, delivered a video speech on september 30, saying that lebanese hezbollah will elect a new leader as soon as possible.

according to a previous report by the global times, internal insiders revealed that safieddin is nasrallah’s cousin, and his “promotion” in hezbollah has been “always inseparable.”

safieddin and nasrallah have almost similar family backgrounds and physical features. hashem safieddin was born in 1964 in a prominent family in the tire region of southern lebanon. this family faction has produced many well-known shiite religious figures and politicians. in his early years, safieddin studied theology with his cousin nasrallah, and further studied in najaf, iraq, and the shiite holy city of qom, iran. safieddin was one of the first members to join hezbollah. he received specialized training in iran and quickly became a backbone of hezbollah, holding many important positions.

in 1995, safieddin joined the shura council and was later appointed chairman of the executive committee. in addition to being a relative, nasrallah intended to cultivate this cousin, so he customized positions for safieddin in different committees to give him the opportunity to experience. unlike his reclusive cousin, safiedine mainly presides over hezbollah's "daily affairs" - such as social services, education and propaganda, and therefore needs to make frequent appearances and publicly participate in various rallies.

in addition, safiedine's family has close ties with iran and has a "deep background" in hezbollah. he has a family relationship with soleimani, a senior general of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps who was killed in january 2020. his son reza's wife zeinab is soleimani's daughter.

according to the turkish "independent" report, with the strong support of iran, safiedine was actually designated as nasrallah's successor as early as 2008. in november 2010, he was appointed as the military commander of hezbollah in south lebanon.

israeli air strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon and beirut

on the 3rd local time, the israeli army continued to launch intensive air strikes in many places in lebanon. the israeli military said it attacked a hezbollah military building in southern lebanon on the 3rd, killing many lebanese hezbollah armed commanders inside the building. the israeli army also launched air strikes on at least 15 hezbollah targets in beirut that day.

on the 3rd local time, the israeli army attacked hezbollah targets in the southern suburbs of beirut, lebanon.

at the same time, lebanese hezbollah forces continued to fire rockets at israel on the 3rd, and air defense sirens sounded in many places in northern israel.

the lebanese hezbollah armed forces announced that day that they had fired a large number of rockets at a military industrial base in haifa bay, northern israel. on the evening of the 3rd local time, the lebanese hezbollah armed forces announced that they had fired 85 rockets and mortars into the metura area in northern israel within an hour. the israeli military stated that as of 11 o'clock that night, lebanese hezbollah forces had fired more than 230 rockets and artillery shells at israel.

source: governor of chang’an street