October 29, (THEWILL) – Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah, has elected deputy head, Naim Qassem, to succeed slain secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah.
Nasrallah, who led the Iran-backed militant group for more than three decades, was killed on September 27, during Isreali “targeted strike” on Hezbollah’s headquarters in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut.
In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah’s Shura Council said Qassem, 71, was elected in accordance with its established mechanism for choosing a secretary general.
Qassem is committed to prophet “Mohammed’s authentic Islam” and the core principles of Hezbollah, it added.
Qassem was appointed as Hezbollah’s deputy chief in 1991 by the armed group’s then-secretary general, Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed by an Israeli helicopter attack the following year.
He remained in his role when Nasrallah became leader, and has long been one of Hezbollah’s leading spokesmen, conducting interviews with foreign media.
Since Nasrallah’s death, Qassem has given three televised addresses, including one on October 8 in which he said the armed group supported efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon.
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