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¿Quién es Naim Qassem, el nuevo líder de Hezbol?

October 30, 2024 - El nuevo secretario general de Hezbolá es Naim Qassem, lugarteniente durante mucho tiempo del difunto Hassan Nasrallah asesinado en un ataque israeli el 27 de septiembre.

Qassem, elected head of the Lebanese armed group on Tuesday, has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed movement for more than 30 years.

Speaking from an undisclosed location on Oct. 8, Qassem said the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was a war about who cries first, and Hezbollah would not cry first. The group’s capabilities were intact despite “painful blows” from Israel.

But he added the group supported efforts to reach a ceasefire, for the first time omitting any mention of a Gaza truce deal as a pre-condition for halting the group’s fire on Israel.

His 30-minute televised address came just days after senior Hezbollah figure Hashem Safieddine was thought to have been the target of an Israeli strike and 11 days after the killing of Hezbollah’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, France 24 said.

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PUBLISHED: 30/10/2024; STORY: Graphic News
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