Hezbollah elects new leader following Israeli strike that killed Nasrallah
by William Christou in Beirut from World news | The Guardian on (#6RTJJ)
Naim Qassem replaces group's longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah after he was killed by Israel
Hezbollah has elected its deputy secretary general, Sheikh Naim Qassem, as its new head, ending a month-long leadership vacuum after the group's long time leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel.
Since Nasrallah's death, Qassem has filled in for him, giving a public address earlier this month in which he vowed that Hezbollah would continue fighting Israel in what it described as a war of attrition, despite painful losses.
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