Hachem Safi al-Din and Hassan Nasrallah They share much more than family kinship. First cousins On his mother’s side, Safi al-Din was even sometimes confused with Nasrallah due to their close physical resemblance.
They both wear black turbans as descendants of Muhammad. And like Nasrallah, his training from a young age was aimed at becoming a Grand Ayatollah.
At only 31 years old, Hashem Safi al-Din joined Hezbollah. And within the militia came to command operations against Israel in the south of Lebanon.
Since 2001, he has headed the executive council of the Shiite militia and has always maintained close ties with Iran, also on a personal level. His son married the daughter of Iranian commander Soleimani assassinated by the United States.
Although still without confirmation from Hezbollah, the name of Hachem Safi al-Din, who Nasrallah himself named him his successor in 2006.already sounds like the next militia leader.
“This aggression undoubtedly has its punishment and its retribution. This punishment will undoubtedly come, by the will of Allah,” he said just a week ago.
Quite a challenge at a time when Israel has destroyed the leadership of Hezbollah. “Whoever comes will not have this charisma or this legitimacy, if you like, but that does not invalidate the operational capacity that Hezbollah can have, regardless of the severity of the blow it has just received,” said today Jesús Nuñez on Al Rojo Vivo.
