Qassem will succeed Hassan Nasrallah who Israel assassinated in September.
An image grab taken from Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV shows the group's then-Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem delivering a speech from an undisclosed location on Oct. 15, 2024.
Qassem, 71, was born in the Lebanese capital Beirut. He was previously Hezbollah's deputy secretary general, serving in the role since 1991. Qassem has long been a prominent spokesperson for the Iran-backed militant organization. Smoke billows from the site of Israeli airstrikes on a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Oct. 28, 2024.Hezbollah targets in Lebanon included "launchers aimed at the rear of the state of Israel and weapons depots," the force wrote in a post to X.UN Secretary-General 'deeply concerned' by Israel's laws banning UN organization
"The implementation of the laws could have devastating consequences for Palestine refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which is unacceptable," he added.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement on X Monday after legislation banning the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees , a main provider of aid to Gaza, passed the Israeli parliament.
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