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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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.
Temporary appointment.
Not for long. pic.twitter.com/ONu0GveApi— יואב גלנט – Yoav Gallant (@yoavgallant) October 29, 2024