Hezbollah deputy Qassim tapped to replace slain Nasrallah

CAIRO — 

Lebanese media is reporting that Hezbollah has named its lawman leader, Naim Qassim, to win Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed aft Israeli planes bombed the organization's office successful Beirut's confederate suburbs Friday.

It wan't wide if the interim assignment would beryllium revised, amid reports that different Hezbollah leader, Hashim Safieddine, is seeking the position.

Hezbollah officially announced the decease of its seasoned person Hassan Nasrallah connected Saturday, aft initially denying reports that helium had been killed Friday successful an Israeli onslaught connected the group's bunker successful Beirut's confederate suburbs.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard besides told Iranian media that Quds Force Deputy Commander Abbas Niloforoshan was killed alongside Nasrallah and respective different apical Hezbollah commanders, including the group's rocket expert, Ali Karaki, during the Israeli weaponry onslaught Friday.

Iranian media reported that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was moved to a much unafraid location, amid fears that Israel mightiness people him, arsenic well. Israel assassinated Hamas person Ismail Haniyeh successful Tehran successful August.

More than 200,000 Lebanese reportedly person fled their homes successful parts of the state to flight imaginable Israeli attacks, and galore are sleeping successful parks and outdoor locations according to Lebanese media.

UNHCR caput Filippo Grandi wrote successful a station connected societal media level X that 20,000 Lebanese besides person fled to Syria. Lebanese media showed video of the Syrian borderline station on the road from Beirut to Damascus overwhelmed by Lebanese and Syrians fleeing Lebanon.

Lebanese Health Minister Firaas Abiad told hospitals successful Beirut and northbound of the superior "not to instrumentality unessential cases during the adjacent week" successful bid to woody with the existent question of casualties from Israeli attacks.

Abiad besides told Arab media that Lebanon has a four-month proviso of medicine and different infirmary necessities to woody with the existent exigency but that it was requesting assistance from different countries to woody with imaginable shortages.

The Lebanese service reportedly has deployed successful galore parts of the state that person been Hezbollah strongholds successful caller years, but it wasn't wide if the authorities received a greenish airy from the radical to bash so.