October 09, (THEWILL) – The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said heavy air strikes against underground Hezbollah installations in southern Lebanon, killed at least 50 fighters including six sector commanders and regional officials, as well as two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, confirmed the latest assault in a video released by his office on Tuesday.
“We’ve degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities. We took out thousands of terrorists, including (Hassan) Nasrallah himself and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of the replacement. Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many, many years”, Netanyahu said.
Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, said Hashem Safieddine, the man expected to succeed Nasrallah, had probably been “eliminated”.
The military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, said Israel knew Safieddine was in Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters when fighter jets bombed it last week and Safieddine’s status was “being checked and when we know, we will inform the public.”
