Wafiq Safa

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Wafiq Safa (Arabic: وفيق صفا, born in 1960) is a Lebanese security official and a senior member of Hezbollah.

According to Israeli intelligence cited to the Washington Post, Safa tapped into explosives caches in Beirut belonging to forces loyal to Said al-Muragha.

In 1987, Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah appointed Safa as the group's head of the "Security Committee," later renamed the "Liaison and Coordination Unit".

[3][7] Ali Muntashe, an Israeli agent captured by Hezbollah on April 25, 2009, and handed over to Lebanese security forces for investigation, was accused of being tasked with providing detailed personal information about Safa during the years the organization held IDF soldiers as captives.

[3][4] After Israel assassinated several top leaders of Hezbollah during the 2024 Israel-Hezbollah war, including Hassan Nasrallah and Fuad Shukr, Safa was targeted in a 10 October airstrike in Bachoura, central Beirut.

"[10] In 2021, Safa threatened to "usurp" Tarek Bitar, the Lebanese judge charged with investigation into the 2020 Beirut explosion, which implicated allies of Hezbollah.