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, officials said.

Mohammed Afif, the media relations chief of Hezbollah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. The attack targeted the headquarters of the Syrian Ba'ath Party in central Beirut. While Hezbollah has confirmed Afif's death, there has been no official acknowledgment from Israel yet.

The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in central Beirut, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as Lebanese officials are considering a U.S.-brokered cease-fire proposal.