Nasrallah’s possible successor ‘out of contact’ after Israeli air strike

BEIRUT: The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli air strike that is reported to have targeted him.

In its campaign against the Iran-backed Lebanese group, Israel carried out a large strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs late on Thursday that, according to Israeli officials, targeted Hashem Safieddine in an underground bunker.

The Lebanese...