{"id":47103,"date":"2024-10-29T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/lebanons-hezbollah-announces-naim-qassem-as-new-leader\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:47:00","slug":"lebanons-hezbollah-announces-naim-qassem-as-new-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=47103","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For more than 30 years, Naim Qassem was Hezbollah\u2019s deputy secretary general and one of the group&#8217;s most recognised faces. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hezbollah said he was elected by the Shura Council, in accordance with the group\u2019s rules. His whereabouts are unclear, however some reports suggest he has fled to Iran, which is Hezbollah\u2019s main supporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was born in Beirut in 1953 to a family from Lebanon&#8217;s south. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Qassem was one of Hezbollah&#8217;s founding members and since Nasrallah&#8217;s death in an Israeli air strike he has made three televised addresses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In one speech, he said a ceasefire was the only way Israel could guarantee the return of its residents to the north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Announcing Qassem&#8217;s promotion, Hezbollah released a statement describing him as &#8220;bearing the blessed banner in this march&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The statement also honoured the late Nasrallah and others killed in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The new Hezbollah leadership was expected to be passed to cleric Hashem Safieddine, but on 22 October it was revealed that he had been killed in an Israeli air strike nearly three weeks prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reacting to Qassem&#8217;s appointment on social media, Israel&#8217;s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant described it as a &#8220;temporary appointment&#8221; and &#8220;not for long&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c89vx50g4l5o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 30 years, Naim Qassem was Hezbollah\u2019s deputy secretary general and one of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[469,1300,1020,3365,3647,3648],"class_list":["post-47103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-announces","tag-hezbollah","tag-leader","tag-lebanons","tag-naim","tag-qassem"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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