Hezbollah spokesman killed in Israeli airstrike in Beirut, official says

The main spokesman for Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on central Beirut on Sunday, an official with the militant group said.

The Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, told the Associated Press that Mohammed Afif was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath party's office.

Afif, who was the head of media relations for Hezbollah, has been especially visible after Israel's military escalation in September and following the assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.