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Hezbollah's deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, listens to a speech by then-leader Hassan Nasrallah on a screen in southern Beirut, Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

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Video. Hezbollah elects Naim Kassem as new chief after Nasrallah's death

Updated: 29/10/2024 - 11:48 GMT+1

The Lebanon-based militant group has replaced its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in September in an Israeli airstrike.

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