Meet The New Boss
What was that noise?
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader, Israel says he won’t last long
BEIRUT, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassemas its new leader on Tuesday but Israel said his tenure would be “temporary”, an apparent threat after it killed his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut over a month ago.
“Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant posted on X with a photo of Qassem.
Earlier, Iran-backed Hezbollah said in a written statement that its Shura Council had elected Qassem, 71, in accordance with its established mechanism for choosing a secretary general.
Qassem was appointed as Hezbollah’s deputy chief in 1991 by the armed group’s then-secretary general Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed by an Israeli helicopter attack the following year.
Qassem remained in his role when Nasrallah became leader, and has long been one of Hezbollah’s leading spokesmen, conducting interviews with foreign media, including while cross-border hostilities with Israel raged over the last year.
Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 27 in an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, and senior Hezbollah figure Hashem Safieddine – considered the most likely successor – was killed in Israeli strikes a week later.
Since Nasrallah’s killing, Qassem has given three televised addresses, including one on Oct. 8 in which he said the armed group supported efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon.
He is considered by many in Lebanon to lack the charisma and gravitas of Nasrallah.
In its official Arabic account on X, the Israeli government said: “His tenure in this position may be the shortest in the history of this terrorist organization if he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine.”
Let me be first to congratulate Mr. Qassem on his ascension to First Target. His lack of charisma and gravitas won’t bother the IDF in the least, Inshallah.
Category: Iran, Israel, Middle East
Same as the old boss…
So not sorry for his loss….
The noise? Nothing Iman, that was merely my pager sending me a secure message. Very handy, very secure, very safe.
On a night note, Hezbollah pension costs are basically zero.
Not only that but the Old Terrorist Retirement Home always has vacancies and the line in the cafeteria is super short.
Was he notified by pager?
I’ll just leave this here
https://youtu.be/lO9oT-PZqOU?si=OTGcuZ2dn2LXu5Rv
He’ll be a smoking hole in no time.
Since these guys want to be a martyr for their demon, he don’t care about being a target.
I think this would be a good time for this new leader to schedule lots of appearances with his minions of targets. Maybe he could publish a schedule of locations and times. Also he can start making plans for his cremation, that is if the IDF will help by using an incendiary bomb.
I would assume that any cabinet meetings he may hold will be via Zoom.