The latest in a series of targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials came as Lebanese officials were considering a United States-led cease-fire proposal.

An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah.

Hezbollah's chief spokesman 'killed in Israeli air strike in central Beirut' - Mohammed Afif, the head of media relations for Hezbollah, was reportedly killed in a rare strike on the city centre