A senior Hezbollah official narrowly escaped an Israeli assassination attempt in Beirut on Thursday, according to three security sources. The official, Wafiq Safa, who heads Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit with Lebanese security agencies, was targeted by Israel but survived the attack, the sources confirmed. Earlier that day, a Lebanese security source informed Reuters that the strikes were aimed at a senior Hezbollah official in the Iran-backed group. Reuters also reported that in 2021 Safa warned the judge investigating Beirut’s catastrophic 2020 port explosion, who sought to question several politicians allied with Hezbollah, that Hezbollah would remove him from the probe . Earlier in the day, Israel warned Lebanese civilians not to return to homes in the south to avoid harm from fighting.

Source: Nigerian Tribune October 10, 2024 22:42 UTC