Netanyahu says Israel has 'taken out' Hassan Nasrallah's successors
The Hindu
Israeli forces target Hezbollah leadership, Netanyahu claims success in degrading capabilities, urging Lebanon to take back control for peace.
Israeli forces have killed the would-be successors of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, without naming them.
"We have degraded Hezbollah's capabilities. We took out thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah himself and Nasrallah's replacement, and the replacement of the replacement," Mr. Netanyahu said in a pre-recorded video message.
Mr. Netanyahu did not identify by name Nasrallah's replacement that he claimed Israel had killed.
A Hezbollah official said on Sunday that Israel was obstructing search and rescue efforts in an area where Nasrallah's potential successor Hashem Safieddine is thought to have been when Israel bombed Beirut's southern suburbs on Thursday.
Israel killed Nasrallah in a September air strike on Beirut.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Nasrallah's replacement had probably been "eliminated".
It was not immediately clear who Netanyahu meant in his comments by the "replacement of the replacement".
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