A statement stated For the Israeli army Details related to the liquidation process Safi Al-Dinconfirming that he was eliminated three weeks ago.
Who is Safi Al-Din?
According to the Israeli army, Safi al-Din was a member of the Shura Council, which is the highest military and political forum in the country Hezbollah Responsible for making party decisions and policies.
– Safi al-Din is Nasrallah’s cousin, and the Israeli army described him as having a great influence on the party’s decision-making process on various issues and during his absence. Nasrallah on Lebanon And he did his work.
– Safi al-Din resembles Nasrallah in many aspects, including his appearance and the way he speaks, and he has been groomed since 1994 to take over the leadership of the party, when he returned from Qom, Iran, to assume the presidency of the Executive Council.
Over the past years, Safi al-Din supervised the management of Hezbollah’s daily operations, including the management of its institutions and funds.
– Safi al-Din was responsible for implementing internal policies and developing the administrative structure of Hezbollah.
– Safi al-Din’s position within the party was strengthened thanks to his close relations with the Iranian leadership, as he studied in Qom and communicated with senior officials in Tehran.
– The marriage of Safi al-Din’s son to his daughter Qasem Soleimaniformer commander of the Quds Force in Iranian Revolutionary Guardwho was killed by the United States in a precise strike, strengthened his position, making him the natural choice to succeed Nasrallah.
Safi Al-Din was designated a terrorist by the United States in May 2017.
Safi al-Din’s beginnings with Hezbollah
Safi al-Din was born in 1964 in the town of Deir Qanun al-Nahr, in southern Lebanon.
In the 1980s, Safi al-Din set out for the city of Qom, Iran, with his relative Hassan Nasrallahfor religious study.
In 1983, he married the daughter of Muhammad Ali Al-Amin, a member of the Legislative Council of the Shiite Islamic Council in Lebanon.
In 1994, Nasrallah appointed Safi al-Din as head of Hezbollah’s Beirut region.
In 1995, Safi al-Din assumed the presidency of the Jihad Council responsible for Hezbollah’s military activity and began working as a member of the Council. Shura.
– In 1998, Safi El-Din was promoted to be responsible for the Executive Council.
– According to the “Alma” Center for Studies and Research, Safi al-Din is leading the process of promoting Hezbollah’s Iranian identity.
Safi al-Din’s brother, Abdullah, is Hezbollah’s representative in Iran. Abdullah is a well-known figure subject to US sanctions due to smuggling Drugs And money laundering on behalf of Hezbollah.
In 2020, Safi al-Din’s son, Reda, married Qasem Soleimani’s daughter, Zeinab.
– Recently, there were reports that Reda is responsible for one of the methods of smuggling small military components from Iran To Lebanon.
