BEIRUT: Hezbollah has appointed its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem as leader on Tuesday to succeed his predecessors Hashim Saifuddin and Hassan Nasrallah who were killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Arab news reported.
According to Arab news Qassem, a longtime deputy to Hassan Nasrallah, has served as the group’s acting leader since Hassan Nasrallah’s death. Naim Qassem’s appointment to replace Hassan Nasrallah was announced on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said that at least 55 Palestinians have been killed and dozens of others injured in an Israeli attack on a residential compound in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday.
The Emergency Service said that many victims were believed to still be trapped under the debris. The same numbers were earlier reported by official Palestinian news agency WAFA and Hamas media. WAFA reported, quoting medics that many of those killed in the Israeli strike were children and women.
