Hezbollah spokesman killed in Israeli air strike in central Beirut, says group

Hezbollah’s main spokesperson has been killed successful a uncommon Israeli airstrike connected cardinal Beirut, an authoritative with the militant radical has said.

Mohammed Afif, the caput of media relations for Hezbollah, was killed successful a onslaught connected the Arab socialist Baath party's bureau successful cardinal Beirut, according to a Hezbollah authoritative who was not authorized to little reporters and spoke connected information of anonymity.

Israel besides bombed respective buildings successful Beirut's confederate suburbs, wherever Hezbollah has agelong been headquartered, aft informing radical to evacuate.

Afif had been particularly disposable aft all-out warfare erupted betwixt Israel and Hezbollah successful September and the sidesplitting of Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah successful an Israeli airstrike.

Last month, Afif hastily wrapped up a property league successful Beirut up of Israeli strikes.

There was nary Israeli evacuation informing earlier the onslaught successful cardinal Beirut.

An Associated Press lensman astatine the country saw 4 bodies and 4 wounded people, but determination was nary authoritative connection connected the toll. People could beryllium seen fleeing. There was nary remark from the Israeli military.

"I was dormant and awoke from the dependable of the strike, and radical screaming, and cars and gunfire," said Suheil Halabi, a witness.

"I was startled, honestly. This is the archetypal clip I acquisition it truthful close."

The past Israeli onslaught successful cardinal Beirut was connected October 10, erstwhile 22 radical were killed successful 2 locations.

Earlier connected Sunday, officials said Israeli strikes had killed astatine slightest 12 radical successful the Gaza Strip, wherever Israel has been astatine warfare with the Palestinian Hamas for implicit a year.

Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel the time aft Hamas' October 7, 2023 onslaught ignited the warfare successful Gaza. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes successful Lebanon and the struggle steadily escalated, erupting into warfare successful September. Israeli forces invaded Lebanon connected October 1.

Hezbollah has continued to occurrence dozens of projectiles into Israel regular and has expanded their scope to cardinal Israel.

The attacks person killed astatine slightest 76 people, including 31 soldiers, and caused immoderate 60,000 radical to fly successful the north. A rocket barrage connected the bluish metropolis of Haifa connected Saturday damaged a synagogue and wounded 2 civilians.

More than 3,400 radical person been killed successful Lebanon, according to the country's Health Ministry, and implicit 1.2 cardinal driven from their homes. It is not known however galore of the dormant are Hezbollah fighters.

Lebanon's army, mostly connected the sidelines, said an Israeli onslaught connected Sunday deed a subject centre successful southeastern Al-Mari, sidesplitting a worker and wounding 3 others. There was nary contiguous Israeli comment.