Qassem has served as the terror group's deputy secretary general since 1991
(Oct. 29, 2024 / JNS) Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday elected its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem to replace secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Sept. 27.
Earlier in October, the Emirati website Aram News reported, citing an Iranian source, that Qassem had relocated from Lebanon to Iran out of fear that Israel may attempt to assassinate him.
In his third public address since Nasrallah’s death, Qassem on Oct. 15 reiterated the Iranian terror proxy’s unwavering support for Hamas, staunchly rejecting calls to separate a ceasefire in Lebanon from the situation in Gaza.