Gallant on new Hezbollah leader: ‘Temporary appointment, not for long’

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant threatens newly selected Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, posting a picture of the cleric on X with the words, “Temporary appointment. Not for long.” In Hebrew, he adds: “The countdown has begun.”

Qassem was announced as the terror group’s new secretary-general today, a little more than a month after long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Expected successor Hashem Safieddine was killed by Israel days after Nasrallah.

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