Israel kills Hezbollah's 'next leader' as secret bunker torn apart by huge explosion

A powerful religious name associated with Hezbollah - only recently declared the next leader - has reportedly been killed in a deadly blitz.

Israel claimed today (October 22) that Hashem Safieddine died in an airstrike in southern Beirut earlier this month, the Sun reports.

He has been described as a "powerful cleric" within Hezbollah, and took the reigns after Hassan Nasrallah's death.

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