Senior Israeli officials confirm that Nasrallah's location has been known for months

Israeli leaders had been tracking Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s whereabouts for months and made the decision to attack Friday only because they believed they had only a short window of opportunity before he would disappear to another location, three senior Israelis said Defense officials The New York Times on Saturday.

Accordingly NYTOfficials said more than 80 bombs were dropped within minutes to kill Nasrallah, although they did not confirm the weight or model of the bombs used. The Hezbollah leader’s death was confirmed on Saturday.

The sources that were spoken to NYT anonymously added that the operation had been planned earlier in the week, before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left to address the United Nations General Assembly.

All three officials said Hashem Safieddine was one of the few remaining senior Hezbollah leaders who was not at the scene of the attack.

The officials announced this NYT They believed that Safieddine could be appointed Hezbollah’s new secretary general.

Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, Chairman of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, expresses his condolences to Ali Badreddine, son of top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an attack in Syria in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 13, 2016. (Source: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)

Nasrallah’s body was identified by Hezbollah operatives early Saturday morning, as was the body of senior Hezbollah military commander Ali Karaki, the officials said.

Who is Hashem Safieddine?

Hashem Safieddine was designated a terrorist by the US State Department in 2017 and is a cousin of Nasrallah who has long been considered a potential successor.

As chairman of the Executive Council, Safieddine oversees Hezbollah’s political affairs. He also sits on the Jihad Council, which manages the group’s military operations.

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