Place of Birth: Deir Qanoun En Nahr, Lebanon;

Born: 1964

Gender: Male;

Address: Lebanon;

Terror organization: Hezbollah

Role: He has massive influence on the strategic and operative decisions of the organization.

Activities:

On the night of 3 October 2024, days after he replaced Nasrallah, an Israeli Air Force strike targeted and eliminated Safieddine at a location in Dahieh, a Beirut suburb that is a Hezbollah stronghold.

Safieddine is a senior leader in Hezbollah. He is a president of Hezbollah’s executive council, which oversees Hezbollah’s political, organizational, social, and educational activities. Head of operations as de facto number two in the chain of command, member at the Jihad council and the Shura council.

In 1995 Hashem was promoted to the Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Assembly), the highest council in Hezbollah. He was also appointed head of the al-Majlis al-Jihadi.

He has reportedly been promoted by Iran as a possible successor to Hassan Nasrallah for the post of Secretary-General of Hezbollah.

*Direct ties to the Iranian regime.