Hezbollah's Hashem Safieddine 'unreachable' since Israeli strikes on Friday: Sources to Reuters

Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs since Friday have kept rescue workers from searching the site of an Israeli strike suspected to have killed Hezbollah's anticipated next leader, Hashem Safieddine, three Lebanese security officials told Reuters on Saturday.

A security source said Safieddine, widely expected to succeed assassinated leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, had been unreachable since the intense Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.