When Nasrallah was outside of Lebanon, Safieddine served as Hezbollah's secretary general, the IDF said. "The IDF will continue to target Hezbollah officials and terrorists and anyone who poses a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens," it said.

Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The Israel Defense Forces provided the location of an alleged Hezbollah-owned vault in Lebanon that the military claims is storing hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold. In recent weeks, the IDF has been targeting the strongholds of Hezbollah’s financial arm,

The head of the Beirut Hospital where Israeli officials believe there’s an underground bunker with at least $500 million in cash and gold belonging to former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is denying the claims, insisting that the lower floors are merely operating rooms.