Hezbollah confirms media relations chief killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

An Israeli airstrike on the office of Syria’s Baath party in Lebanon’s capital Beirut has killed the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah's Media Relations Officer, Mohammad Afif.

On Sunday night, Hezbollah officially confirmed that its media relations chief was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on central Beirut.

Hezbollah praised Afif’s courage in confronting the Israeli media machine and conveying the voice of the resistance and its positions.

The movement said Afif clearly outlined the features of the ongoing war by his live appearances in Beirut’s southern suburbs which have been the focal point of Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese capital.

Hezbollah added that Afif’s brave positions instilled fear in the hearts of the enemy.

Earlier, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli raid struck the Ba'ath party’s building in the central Beirut district of Ras Al-Naba'a on Sunday, adding that the strike was an attempt to assassinate the leader of the resistance media front.

According to Baath Secretary-General Ali Hijazi, Afif was having a meeting in the Baath Party headquarters when Israel carried out the attack.

"Afif did not fight with weapons and did not lead a military unit in Hezbollah. Rather, he led a media unit," he said.

Reuters, Sky News, Al Jazeera and several Henrew-language media reported that Afif was killed in the Israeli strike.

Beirut’s southern suburbs targeted in 'heavy' Israeli strikes

The Israeli regime has launched a fresh round of aggression on Lebanon and targeted with missiles the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut as the occupying entity expands its atrocious onslaught on the country.

Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry said at least one person was killed and three others injured after an Israeli strike targeted a central district in Beirut.

Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television network reported that five people were killed in the attack.

The latest development came after Afif said Hezbollah was behind the Caesarea operation and targeting Netanyahu’s home during a speech at the Ghobeiry area in the southern suburbs of Beirut on October 22.

This was the second assassination attempt on Afif in the last two months, after he survived an attack on the Hezbollah media relations office several weeks ago.

Israel wages 145 attacks on Lebanon in one day

The Israeli military conducted 145 attacks on Lebanon in the past 24 hours as it intensifies its bombing campaign on the Arab country.

Israel launched a ground assault and massive air campaign against Lebanon in late September after a year of exchanging fire across the Lebanese border in parallel with the Gaza war.

At least 3,287 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon over the past year, with the vast majority in the past seven weeks. Another 14,222 have been wounded, mostly women and children.

In response to the ongoing aggression, the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has been staging hundreds of retaliatory strikes against the occupied Palestinian territories and the Israeli forces trying to advance on southern Lebanese areas.

The movement has vowed to sustain its strikes until the regime ends the escalation.

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