Since the moment Hezbollah announced the martyrdom of its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in the Israeli raids that targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday, Friday, Hashem Safieddine has emerged as a potential successor to the party’s leadership.

Nasrallah is accused of involving Lebanon in regional wars that increase internal tensions and deepen the division among the Lebanese people, especially his support for the Syrian regime in suppressing the Syrian revolution, which broke out in 2011 demanding the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.