by Admin
Nov 18, 2024
Mohammed Afif, a senior Hezbollah media chief has been confirmed killed by an Israeli missile strike in Central Beirut, Lebanon, the Hezbollah media also confirmed the death of their media chief.
The Israeli missile struck the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighborhood on Sunday afternoon after 4 pm prayers.
Mohammed Afif who was highly regarded in the Hezbollah rank and also by the Lebanese government was last seen publicly last week Monday during a press conference held in the Suburb area of Southern Beirut.
Palestinian militant group Hamas, sent its condolences to Afif’s family and Hezbollah leadership, calling him “a strong and defiant voice of resistance.”
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that it carried out six major strikes on Hezbollah military targets in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut and the killing of the Hezbollah media chief Mohammed Afif.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday said that one of Israel’s missile strikes in central Beirut on Mar Elias Street killed two people and injured 13 others including 3 children and 5 women.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have failed to comment on the missile strike that killed civilians and injured others in central Beirut.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that more than 3,400 Lebanese people have been killed and 2600 have been injured with over one million people displaced in Lebanon since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hezbollah in June.
Israel launched an intense air campaign followed by a ground invasion in the Southern part of Lebanon.