Hezbollah successor Hashem Safieddine missing after Israel strike

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Hezbollah's presumed new leader Hashem Safieddine is missing after Israel Defense Forces targeted him in an aerial strike.

Saffieddine has been missing since the IDF strike Wednesday night on an area in southern Beirut known for housing Hezbollah and its command structure, Lebanese and Israeli sources told CNN, NBC News and Axios.

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