(17 Nov 2024)
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Beirut – 17 November 2024
1. Wide of crowd of people, emergency workers at site of strike
2. Wide of damaged building
3. Various of people at site
4. Wide of rescue workers removing debris with excavator
5. Wide of rescue workers at site
6. Mid of destruction on building
7. Various of rescue workers at site
8. Various of destruction on building
STORYLINE:
A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman on Sunday, an official with the militant group said.
The strike hit central Beirut’s Ras el-Nabaa neighbourhood.
An Associated Press photographer at the scene of Sunday’s strike saw four lifeless bodies and four wounded people, but there was no official word on the toll.
Mohammed Afif, the head of media relations for Hezbollah, was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath party’s office in central Beirut, according to a Hezbollah official who was not authorized to brief reporters and so spoke on condition of anonymity.
Afif had remained especially visible after the eruption of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah in September and the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was also targeted by an Israeli airstrike.
Last month, Afif had hastily wrapped up a press conference in Beirut ahead of Israeli strikes.
Plumes of smoke could also be seen spreading into Beirut’s Sodeco district.
Israel has not struck central Beirut since last month, as it continues its ground invasion in the south deeper into the country and strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs with more intensity.
The latest in a series of targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials came as Lebanese officials were considering a United States-led cease-fire proposal.
Israel also bombed several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has long been headquartered, after warning people to evacuate.
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