An Israeli air strike on central Beirut killed Hizbollah’s media relations chief on Sunday, as Israel’s military pummelled the capital’s southern suburbs amid a push by the US and other countries for a diplomatic resolution.
A spokesperson for the Iran-backed militant group confirmed Mohammad Afif’s death in the strike on the Arab Socialist Ba’ath party headquarters in a central Beirut neighbourhood bordering predominantly Christian areas.
Afif, who was Hizbollah’s chief spokesperson, is the latest senior figure to be killed by Israel in a campaign that also claimed the life of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in September.
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