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Sheikh Naim Qassem Officially Hezbollah Chief

CrossFireArabia
October 29, 2024

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has named Sheikh Naim Qassem as their Secretary-General, succeeding the movement’s long-running leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who was assassinated in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month.

Hezbollah has appointed its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem as chief on Tuesday to succeed his predecessors Hashem Safieddine and Hassan Nasrallah who were killed in separate Israeli strikes on Lebanon.

Qassem, a longtime deputy to Nasrallah, has served as the group’s acting leader since Nasrallah’s death.

Who’s Naim Qassem?

The 71-year-old is Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general, and has often been referred to as the movement’s “number two”.

He was born in the Nabatieh governorate’s Kfar Kila, a southern Lebanese village that has suffered through many Israeli attacks, especially since last October.

Qassem was elected deputy secretary-general in 1991, under then-Secretary-General Abbas al-Musawi, who was also assassinated by Israel.

He has played an important public-facing role in Hezbollah over the years, and is also a member of the group’s Shura Council.

He famously published a book called, Hezbollah, the Story from Within, in 2005, which was translated into several languages.

Qassem has long been one of the leading spokesmen for Hezbollah, conducting many interviews with foreign media according to the Al Quds News Network.

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Halevi: Israel Suffers ‘Heavily, Painfully’ in Lebanon

CrossFireArabia
October 28, 2024

Military expert Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi said the Israeli occupation’s entry into southern Lebanon must be understood within the directions “previously set by Hezbollah in its defensive plan for any ground battle.” He also listed the reasons for the high losses among the Israeli forces.

Al-Falahi said the defensive operation is important in military sciences as it means waiting for the enemy to find a better opportunity. He indicated this operation must take into account the nature of the changing reality, and respond to all possibilities, either completely or partially.

He pointed out the Israeli high losses in southern Lebanon are due to several reasons, including the nature of the geography, which is different from the battles of the Gaza Strip. This is in addition to the deployment of military teams exhausted by the fighting in the streets, homes and neighborhoods of Gaza, he maintained.

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Al Falahi on Al Jazeera explained that the combat capabilities of the Israeli military “appear weak in an environment friendly to Hezbollah fighters that has known defensive arrangements for a long time.”

He pointed out five Israeli military divisions are participating in the ground incursion operations in southern Lebanon: 210, 98, 91, 36, 146, and each division includes more than one military brigade, and according to military standards has more than 10,000 soldiers.

The occupation’s losses in Lebanon has come as a result of the direct clashes and/or targeting with artillery or mortar shells on the border strip with Hezbollah fighters, starting from Ras al-Naqoura to the Shebaa Farms.

The occupation has revealed that 88 Israeli soldiers were injured in the battles in Lebanon in the past 48 hours, while Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi acknowledged that Israel is suffering “heavily and painfully”.

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Hezbollah Orders 25 North Israeli Settlements to Evacuate

CrossFireArabia
October 27, 2024

Hezbollah issued orders Saturday evening for the immediate evacuation of 25 settlements in northern Israel, warning residents that these areas are now “legitimate military targets.”

In a video message posted on Telegram, Hezbollah addressed residents directly, stating, “You are requested to evacuate immediately. Your settlements have become a place for the deployment and stability of enemy military forces that are attacking Lebanon. As a result, they have become legitimate military targets for the air and missile power of the Islamic resistance,” as reported by Anadolu.

The settlements included Kiryat Shmona, Yasod HaMa’ala, Ayelet HaShachar, Hatzor HaGalilit, Karmiel, Ma’alot Tarshiha, Even Menachem, Nahariya, Rosh Pina, Shamir, Sha’al, Miron, Kabri, Abirim, Dalton, Nefat Ziv, Qatzrin, Kfar Hananya, Manot, Beit HaAmik, Kfar Vradim, Harashim, Birya, Kfar Tzvi and Bar Yohai.

Israel has mounted a huge air campaign in Lebanon since last month against what it claims are Hezbollah targets, in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli Base Under Attack

CrossFireArabia
October 27, 2024

Military expert Major General Faiz Al-Duwairi highlighted the increasing targeting of Israel’s Ramat David base by Hezbollah. This base, crucial for northern occupied Palestine, houses around 60% of Israel’s aircraft used in attacks on Lebanon, posing a strategic threat if its operational capacity is diminished.

Ramat David is an airbase 20 kilometers southeast of Haifa.

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Israel Ends Ground Military Offensive in Lebanon

CrossFireArabia
October 25, 2024

CROSSFIREARABIA – The Israeli army announced the end of its ground invasion of southern Lebanon as reported by Channel 11 and the Kann official channel.

The announcement, which is trending was made, Friday evening and would take one to two weeks for a complete withdrawal.

The news of the end of ground operations was made after the Israeli army suffered huge losses against Hezbollah fighters.

🇮🇱 BREAKING 🚨🚨 Israel announces the end of the ground invаsion in Lebanon due to failure and losses of many IOF soldiers. pic.twitter.com/x8m7JwtyO3
— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) October 25, 2024

This is seen as a humiliating defeat for the Israel army which has been trying to enter Lebanon from the south and east of the country through the occupied Golan Heights since the beginning of October.

On the southern Lebanese border Israeli troops made some in-roads over the past weeks, but they would go in one or two kilometers inside Lebanese territory but quickly withdraw because of heavy resistance from Hezbollah fighters.