Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem as new leader weeks after Israel eliminated Hasan Nasrallah
Qassem will succeed former Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, who was killed in Israeli strikes in the Lebanese capital, Beirut last month.
Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem to succeed slain head Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah successor: Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem as new leader following the death of Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli air attack.
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Hezbollah on Tuesday named its deputy head Naim Qassem as the group's head after Hasan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli attack on south Beirut.
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Naim Kassem, 71, a founding member of the militant group established following Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, had been serving as acting leader after Nasrallah was killed on September 27.
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Naim Kassem, who’s in his early 70s and used to teach chemistry, was not the obvious successor.
Hezbollah names new chief; Israel says 'not for long'
Hezbollah appointed Shiite cleric Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday, nearly a month after his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike dealing a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group, CNN reported.
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