Israel strikes in the center of Beirut. The target of the attack was a senior Hezbollah official, Wafiq Safa, according to The Times of Israel. According to the agency, the target of tonight’s large-scale airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in central Beirut was Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah’s Liaison and Coordination Unit. Who is Wafiq Safa? In 2019, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Safa, describing him as Hezbollah’s interlocutor with Lebanese security forces. “As the head of Hezbollah’s security apparatus, which is directly linked to Secretary General Hassan Nasr…