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IDF kills Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammad Afif in Beirut

On Oct. 22, Afif was forced to interrupt a press conference in Beirut after the IDF issued an evacuation order for the area ahead of airstrikes.

Nov. 17, 2024
Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammad Afif speaks in front of a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a press conference in southern Beirut, Nov. 11, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images.
Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammad Afif speaks in front of a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a press conference in southern Beirut, Nov. 11, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images.
( Nov. 17, 2024 / JNS )

The Israeli Air Force on Sunday killed Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammad Afif in a targeted strike on a bunker in Beirut, according to Reuters.

The bunker was located in the Ras al-Naba’a neighborhood in central Beirut, not in Hezbollah’s stronghold of Dahiyeh to the south of the capital, Lebanese security sources told the news agency.

On Oct. 22, Afif was forced to interrupt a press conference in Dahiyeh after the IDF issued an evacuation order for the area ahead of conducting air strikes. The Hezbollah spokesman was rushed away on a bicycle, shortly after declaring that Israeli bombings didn’t scare him, according to an eyewitness report by “PBS NewsHour.”

Israel Hayom contributed to this report.

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