On the evening of October 8, Reuters quoted a source from the Israeli Defense Ministry as saying that "it appears" that Hashem Safieddine, the expected successor to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has been killed.
"Hezbollah is a leaderless organization. Nasrallah has been eliminated and his replacement appears to be the same," said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also announced that Suhail Hussein Husseini, a senior member in charge of Hezbollah's budget and logistics, was killed in an attack on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut. If confirmed by Hezbollah, this information would mark the latest in a series of attacks that have killed senior leaders and commanders of Hezbollah and the Islamic Movement Hamas in Israeli attacks.
On October 8, France 24 reported that the Israeli military announced that it had launched new ground operations in southwestern Lebanon, continuing to expand its infiltration into Lebanon “with localized, limited, targeted attacks” against Hezbollah infrastructure. Hezbollah also said it had fired rockets at the northern Israeli city of Haifa (the IDF confirmed there were about 85 rockets).
On the same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned Israel, emphasizing that Tehran will respond to any attack on Iran's infrastructure.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, said it fired a series of rockets at Tel Aviv on October 7, the first anniversary of the conflict between Hamas and Israel. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said five rockets were launched from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon and the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the country expressed disappointment that repeated calls for restraint to de-escalate tensions had “fallen unheeded”.
Mr. Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, assessed that the situation in Lebanon is deteriorating day by day, and said that the parties involved should soon reach a ceasefire agreement.
The World Food Programme (WFP) director in Lebanon, Matthew Hollingworth, is concerned about the country's ability to be self-sufficient in food as thousands of hectares of farmland in southern Lebanon have been burned or abandoned amid escalating fighting.
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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/israel-tiep-tuc-tan-cong-lebanon-post762736.html
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