Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut | BBC News

Hezbollah's media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, the Lebanese militant group has confirmed. A strike hit the headquarters of the Baath political party in the densely populated Ras al-Naba neighbourhood on Sunday, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency. Afif, one of the few remaining public faces of the group, was last seen on Monday, when he gave a press conference in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where the group is based. Meanwhile, an Israeli air strike on a five-storey residential block in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza has killed at least 40 people, officials in Gaza say. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Lebanon #Gaza #BBCNews