IDF says strikes in Dahiyeh killed Hashem Safieddine, as well as the head of the militant group’s intelligence branch, early October

Israel has confirmed the killing of the presumed next leader of Hezbollah in an airstrike on southern Beirut earlier in October.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Israeli military said strikes in Dahiyeh killed Hashem Safieddine and Ali Hussein Hazima, the head of the militant group’s intelligence branch, three weeks ago.