Israel Takes Out Hezbollah’s Media Mouthpiece With Strike In Beirut: Report [WATCH]

On Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeted central Beirut, killing Mohammed Afif, Hezbollah’s chief spokesman, as conflict in the region intensifies.

The airstrike occurred in the Arab Socialist Baath Party office, an area in central Beirut not typically targeted by Israeli forces.

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A Hezbollah official, speaking anonymously, confirmed Afif’s death.

The strike follows a year of heightened conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, with spillover violence involving Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The death of Afif comes as Lebanese officials consider a U.S.-proposed ceasefire agreement.

Israeli airstrikes also targeted several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a stronghold for Hezbollah, after issuing evacuation warnings.

Residents in central Beirut reported hearing loud explosions and witnessing devastation in the immediate aftermath.

“I was asleep and awoke from the sound of the strike, and people screaming, and cars and gunfire,” said Suheil Halabi, a witness to the strike. “I was startled, honestly. This is the first time I experience it so close.”

The rare strike in central Beirut is the first since October 10, when 22 people were killed in a similar attack.

Israeli forces intensified their operations in Lebanon following Hezbollah’s rocket and missile attacks into Israel, which escalated after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, assault on Israel.

Hezbollah’s continued daily attacks on Israel include expanded rocket ranges targeting central Israel.

A rocket barrage on Haifa on Saturday damaged a synagogue and injured two civilians. Israeli officials report that Hezbollah’s attacks have killed 76 people, including 31 soldiers, and displaced 60,000 residents in northern Israel.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports that more than 3,400 people have died in Lebanon during the conflict, with over 1.2 million displaced.

The number of Hezbollah fighters among the casualties remains unconfirmed.

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 12 people overnight in separate incidents.

Six people died in Nuseirat, four in Bureij, and two on Gaza’s main north-south highway. Bodies were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

The war in Gaza began after Hamas militants launched a large-scale attack on October 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 250 others.

Israeli ground operations and airstrikes have since killed approximately 43,800 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Around 90% of Gaza’s population has been displaced, and widespread destruction has flattened large portions of the territory.

Israeli police arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea.

Netanyahu and his family were not home at the time, and there were no injuries. Authorities have not disclosed information about the suspects but have pointed to domestic critics of Netanyahu.

President Isaac Herzog condemned the flare attack, warning against escalating public violence.

Netanyahu has faced widespread criticism for alleged security failures during the October 7 Hamas attack and for not securing a deal to release hostages held in Gaza.

Protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand a ceasefire and the return of hostages.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin linked the attack on Netanyahu’s residence to ongoing debates over judicial reform.

Levin renewed his call to overhaul Israel’s judiciary, a controversial proposal that sparked months of protests earlier this year.

“The time has come to provide full support for the restoration of the justice system and the law enforcement systems,” Levin said. “We need to end anarchy, rampage, and attempts to harm the prime minister.”

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid condemned the flare attack but criticized Levin’s proposal, accusing the government of irresponsibility. “We will not let him turn Israel into an undemocratic state,” Lapid wrote on X.

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