A Hezbollah official says the militant group’s main spokesman has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut.Related video above: Gaza aid groups sound alarm over deteriorating conditionsThe official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, said Mohammed Afif was killed in the strike on Sunday.Afif had been especially visible after Israel’s military escalation in September and following the assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip overnight killed 12 people, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday. Israeli police meanwhile arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in the coastal city of Caesarea.In Lebanon, Israeli warplanes pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut after the military warned people to evacuate from several buildings.The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in the area, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as …
Hezbollah’s main spokesman killed in Israeli strike in central Beirut, official says [Video]
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