HEZBOLLAH'S new terror chief has threatened to kill Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in his first national address as leader.
Qassem became leader of the Iran-backed armed movement on Tuesday
It is hard now for Americans to remember, but 1979 dawned with a new Middle East in the making, led by three powerful leaders: Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt, the peacemakers of Camp David, and their staunch friend, Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran, a pillar of the pro-Western order in the region.
Amid the ongoing Israeli offensive on Lebanon, the Iran-aligned armed group has promoted its deputy secretary general to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike.