The spokesperson of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif, was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday. Lebanese security sources told both Reuters and AFP that he was killed in the strike on the center of Lebanon’s capital.

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

The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in central Beirut, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as Lebanese officials are considering a U.S.-brokered cease-fire proposal.

An Israeli strike on a building in a densely populated district of 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.

Mohammed Afif, the spokesperson for Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group was killed in an Israeli airstrike on central Beirut on Sunday.

The head of Hezbollah's media relations, Mohammad Afif, was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike that targeted a building in a densely-populated neighborhood in Beirut.

The Israeli military says several strikes were conducted on "terrorist targets" in Beit Lahiya, and everything possible was done to avoid civilians being harmed.

Afif for years had been responsible for Hezbollah’s media relations, and provided information to local and foreign journalists under the cover of anonymity

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A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah's chief spokesman on Sunday, an official with the militant group said

An Israeli strike hit south Beirut on Sunday where the military said it targeted Hezbollah, hours after the Iran-backed group said it fired on Israeli bases around the city of Haifa.Late Saturday, Hezbollah said it had targeted five military bases including the Stella Maris naval base.