1. Wafiq Safa is a Lebanese security official and a senior member of Hezbollah.
13 Facts About Wafiq Safa
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Wafiq Safa is sometimes referred to as the "Minister of Defense" or "Minister of the Interior" of Hezbollah.
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Wafiq Safa was later a member of cell involved in facilitating the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, alongside Ibrahim Aqil, before joining Hezbollah in 1984.
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Wafiq Safa was born into a Shia Muslim family in Nabatieh, Lebanon, in 1960.
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Wafiq Safa was a follower of Lebanese Islamist leader Hussein Musawi.
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Wafiq Safa was a member of the cell involved in facilitating the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, alongside Ibrahim Aqil, Ali Majid, and Ali Fatuni.
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Ahead of the bombing, Wafiq Safa requested 4,000 pounds of explosives from Lebanese and Palestinian suppliers.
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Wafiq Safa is sometimes referred to as Hezbollah's Minister of Defense or "Minister of the Interior".
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Wafiq Safa rose to prominence in the 1990s as Hezbollah's top negotiator on prisoners and hostages.
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Wafiq Safa secured a swap in 2008 in which Hezbollah returned the bodies of Israeli soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, killed in the 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid.
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In March 2024, Wafiq Safa made the first public visit by a Hezbollah official to the UAE to negotiate the release of Lebanese citizens linked to Hezbollah detained in the UAE.
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Wafiq Safa survived the airstrikes however it killed 22 other people.
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Amid investigations on the 2020 Beirut port explosion, Wafiq Safa sent a threatening message to Judge Tarek Bitar through an anonymous journalist.