FILE - The deputy chief of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Hezbollah's deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, listens to a speech by then-leader Hassan Nasrallah on a screen in southern Beirut, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - The deputy chief of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

En esta imagen de archivo, el entonces segundo de Hezbollah, el jeque Naim Kassem, durante una entrevista con The Associated Press en el sur de Beirut, Líbano, el 2 de julio de 2024. (AP Foto/Bilal Hussein)