The spokesperson of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif, was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday.

Hezbollah's media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, according to news reports citing Lebanese security sources. A strike hit the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighbourhood on Sunday, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency.

Mohammed Afif, the head of Hezbollah's media relations, was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, according to the Times of Israel. The Times of Israel reports that Hezbollah has verified Mohammad Afif's death.