{"id":91605,"date":"2024-10-29T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=91605"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:00:53","slug":"hezbollah-elects-sheikh-naim-qassem-as-new-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/91605\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah elects Sheikh Naim Qassem as new leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan (National Times)- Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut&#8217;s southern suburb over a month ago. The group said in a written statement that its Shura Council had elected Qassem, 71, in accordance with its established mechanism for choosing a secretary general. Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers a speech as hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel increase, from an unknown location, October 8, 2024 in this still image from video. \u2014 ReutersHe was appointed as Hezbollah&#8217;s deputy chief in 1991 by the armed group&#8217;s then-secretary general Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed by an Israeli helicopter attack the following year.Qassem remained in his role when Nasrallah became leader, and has long been one of Hezbollah&#8217;s leading spokesmen, conducting interviews with foreign media, including as cross-border hostilities with Israel raged over the last year.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Fliveblog%2FLive-updates-Israel-Hamas-war%23story14659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Hezbollah+elects+Sheikh+Naim+Qassem+as+new+leader&amp;url=https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/liveblog\/Live-updates-Israel-Hamas-war#story14659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan (National Times)- Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut&#8217;s southern suburb over a month ago. 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