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In a statement, Hezbollah said Mr. Qassem was chosen because he “adheres to Hezbollah’s principles and goals.”
“Hezbollah Shura Council has agreed to elect His Highness Sheikh Naim Qassem as Secretary General of Hezbollah, carrying the holy flag on this journey, may God Almighty guide him in this noble mission of leadership of Hezbollah and against His Islamic, “said the statement. .
Qassem was before his promotion the deputy leader of Hezbollah. Now 71 years old, he is often called “number two” of Hezbollah. He was one of the religious scholars who founded this group in the early 1980s.
His predecessor was Hassan Nasrallah – who was killed in Beirut at the end of September by an Israeli air strike. Many other senior Hezbollah officials have been killed since Israel focused on the Lebanese group.
