Israel unable to confirm Hezbollah's Safieddine death, spokesperson says

Israel cannot confirm the death of Hashem Safieddine, the potential successor to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, following reports that he was targeted in an Israeli airstrike last week, a government spokesperson said on Monday, according to Reuters.

When asked about Safieddine's death, spokesperson David Mencer said during an online briefing, "We don’t have that confirmation yet. When it is confirmed, as and when, it will be on the IDF (Israeli military) website.