Hezbollah announces martyrdom of Sayyed Hashem Safieddine

Hezbollah has announced the death of Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, the head of the Executive Council of the Resistance movement, in an Israeli airstrike. Safieddine was a key figure in the Lebanese resistance movement and was killed alongside fellow fighters in what Hezbollah called a “criminal and aggressive” attack. He was expected to be elected as Hezbollah’s next secretary general. The statement also highlighted Safieddine’s close relationship with the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.