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Sunday 17 November 2024 13:51:05
Hezbollah Media Chief Killed in Israeli Strike on Beirut
Israeli warplanes conducted a heavy airstrike on the Ras Al-Nabaa-Sodeco area in Beirut without prior warning, killing Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif.
The strike targeted a building belonging to the Syrian Arab Baath Party, a political organization aligned with the Syrian regime.
The party's central command confirmed that the airstrike hit its headquarters in Ras Al-Nabaa, assuring that the party’s Secretary-General, Ali Hijazi, was not present in the building at the time of the strike.
Three people were killed alongside Afif, sources told Al-Hadath news channel.
The Israeli army confirmed that it had targeted Afif, saying that the latter “was in contact with senior officials and directly involved in advancing and executing Hezbollah’s terrorist activities against Israel.”
“Moreover, Afif directed Hezbollah operatives to gather footage from the field, to be used for Hezbollah’s propaganda and psychological terror,” the statement noted, adding that Afif also received instructions from senior Hezbollah commanders regarding taking responsibility for a drone attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea last month.
“Afif’s impact on the terrorist organization proves that he was directly involved in Hezbollah’s terrorist activity against the State of Israel,” the Israeli military said. “Messages broadcast by Afif to the Lebanese media glorified and incited terrorist activities against the State of Israel, and he was responsible for numerous psychological terror operations against the Israeli public."
Who was Mohammad Afif?
Mohammad Afif has served as the head of Hezbollah's media relations since 2014.
He is considered one of the founding members of Hezbollah and known to have been a close friend of the group's former Secretary-General Abbas al-Moussawi, who was assassinated by Israel in 1992.
Afif also managed news and political programs at the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV channel and, in his role as media advisor, oversaw a range of media relations activities.
Within Hezbollah, Afif held various positions and remained active in the party’s political affairs.
الغارة على مكتب حزب البعث في راس النبع pic.twitter.com/gWXYHoN71C
— kataeb.org (@kataeb_Ar) November 17, 2024
فيديو يوثق الدمار جراء الغارة على مركز حزب البعث pic.twitter.com/cSjp1Vzfbf
— kataeb.org (@kataeb_Ar) November 17, 2024
