Mohammad Afif, responsible for Hezbollah's media relations, was killed during an Israeli attack in downtown Beirut on Sunday, according to the Lebanese sources. Afif had been a long-time media advisor to Hassan Nasrallah,

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday targeted a building in Beirut’s densely populated Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood, killing Hezbollah’s media relations chief, Mohammad Afif, according to two Lebanese security sources.

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.