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Smoke rises betwixt buildings deed successful a Israeli airstrike successful Dahiyeh, successful the confederate suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP photo)
An Israeli onslaught connected a gathering successful a densely populated territory of Beirut connected Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media relations main Mohammad Afif, 2 Lebanese information sources told Reuters, though determination was nary contiguous confirmation from Hezbollah.
The Israeli subject declined to remark successful effect to questions from Reuters. There was nary evacuation bid for the country published connected the Israeli subject spokesperson’s relationship connected societal media level X earlier the strike. The onslaught deed the Ras al-Nabaa vicinity wherever galore radical displaced from Beirut’s confederate suburbs by the Israeli bombardment had been seeking refuge.
The information sources said it struck a gathering wherever the offices of the Ba’ath Party are located, and the caput of the enactment successful Lebanon, Ali Hijazi, told Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed that Afif was successful the building.
The broadcaster aboriginal besides said Afif had been killed. It showed footage of a gathering whose precocious floors had collapsed onto the archetypal storey, with civilian defence workers astatine the scene. Afif was a long-time media advisor to Hezbollah’s erstwhile caput wide Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected the confederate suburbs of Beirut connected Sept. 27.
He managed Hezbollah’s Al-Manar tv presumption for respective years earlier taking implicit the Iran-backed group’s media relations office.
Hezbollah and Israel person been trading occurrence for much than a year, since Hezbollah began launching rockets astatine Israeli subject targets connected Oct. 8, 2023, a time aft its Palestinian state Hamas carried retired a deadly onslaught connected confederate Israel.
In precocious September, Israel dramatically escalated and expanded its subject run successful Lebanon, heavy bombing the country’s south, eastbound and the confederate suburbs of Beirut alongside crushed incursions on the border.
Afif hosted respective property conferences for journalists amid the rubble successful the confederate suburbs of the capital. In his astir caller comments to reporters connected Nov. 11, helium said Israeli troops had been incapable to inhabit immoderate territory successful Lebanon and Hezbollah had capable weapons and supplies to combat a “long war”.
The Lebanese wellness ministry said the onslaught killed 1 and injured three.
Ambulances could beryllium heard rushing to the scene, and bursts of gunfire rang retired to forestall crowds of radical from approaching the location.
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