A Lebanon-based resistance group Hezbollah has officially elected Naim Qassem as its new chief. The announcement was made on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, by Hezbollah’s main decision-making body Shura Council.
The group confirmed Qassem’s
election by the group’s established procedures for leadership selection and the decision was announced on Telegram.
This decision came weeks following the assassination of former chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on September 27