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In his address after Nasrallah’s killing, Qassem had vowed that the group will choose the next leader “at the earliest opportunity” and would continue to fight Israel in solidarity with Palestinians. What we are doing is the bare minimum… We know that the battle may be long,” he said in a 19-minute speech.
*Sheikh Naim Qassem- File photo Photograph: (Reuters)
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 30, 2024
Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday (Oct 29) unveiled the identity of its new leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem weeks after Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut.
A statement by the Hezbollah’s governing body, Shura Council agreed to elect… Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary general of Hezbollah.”
The appointment of Qassem’s comes after Israel killed Nasrallah’s potential heir Safieddine earlier this month.
Qassem was appointed in 1991 as the group’s the deputy chief the by then-secretary general Abbas al-Musawi who was taken down by Israel the very next year, in 1992.
Later, when Nasrallah became the chief, Qassem continued as the group’s deputy chief. He was the first Hezbollah leader to make a televised address following Nasrallah’s killing. He is also considered as the group’s official spokesperson, who often appears in interviews with foreign media.
In his address after Nasrallah’s killing, Qassem had vowed that the group will choose the next leader “at the earliest opportunity” and would continue to fight Israel in solidarity with Palestinians.
“What we are doing is the bare minimum… We know that the battle may be long,” he said in a 19-minute speech.
Qassem was born in 1953 in Lebanon’s south. His political career began after he joined the Lebanese Shi’ite Amal Movement. Following Iran’s Islamic Revolution, he left the movement in 1979.
Qassem has also been Hezbollah’s general coordinator of the parliamentary elections since 1992.
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