The official spokesperson and media chief of the terrorist group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afifwas killed in an Israeli bombing of the headquarters of the Arab Socialist Baath Party in Lebanon, in the center of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Afif was in the bombed building, according to the Party’s general secretary, Ali Hiyaziin statements to Lebanese television Al Mayadin.
“Muhamad Afif fought with weapons and did not lead any military unit of Hezbollah, but rather led a press office,” Hiyazi added.
The Israeli Army resumed its attacks on the Haret Hreik neighborhood, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, early this Sunday. stronghold in the Lebanese capital of the terrorist group Hezbollah, which responded with at least three attacks against Israeli positions in Haifa and the Golan.
“Under the direction of the Intelligence Authority, Israeli Air Force fighter jets launched a series of attacks against the military headquarters and other Hezbollah terrorist structures in the southern suburban area of Beirut,” the spokesperson announced in Arab member of the Israeli Army, Avichai Adraee, on his X social network account.
Previously, the Israeli colonel had communicated a new forced evacuation order for residents of surrounding areas to four buildings in the Beirut neighborhood and 15 towns in southern Lebanon, the other major scene of the Israeli offensive against the militias.
“Hezbollah has systematically embedded its terrorist infrastructure among the Lebanese civilian population, cynically exploiting them as human shields (…) Prior to the attacks, numerous measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including prior intelligence gathering, use “air surveillance and the issuance of advance warnings to the civilian population in the area,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) indicated in a brief statement.
Hezbollah, for its part, has claimed responsibility for three attacks in recent hoursstarting with the one that occurred around 06:30 this morning against Israeli positions on the other side of the border, south of Khiam.
The extremist group also claimed responsibility for an attack on the To the Golanwith a barrage of missiles and a salvo of missiles against Kerioth, an Israeli town located north of Haifa.
“About twenty projectiles were identified as coming from Lebanon and entered Israeli territory,” towards the regions of Haifa Bay and Western Galilee, the army reported in a statement, specifying that several were intercepted. At the moment, emergency services reported no injuries.
On Saturday, the head of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevihad warned that his country will maintain attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon until they have guaranteed that the more than 60,000 evacuees from the northern communities can return “safely.”
“Hezbollah will continue to shoot and we will continue to fight, implementing plans, going further, carrying out deep attacks and hitting Hezbollah very hard. We will stop when we know we are bringing residents back safely,” Halevi said.
