An Israeli airstrike on a densely populated neighborhood in central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s top spokesman Sunday morning, reported al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese news network aligned with the militant group.

Mohammad Afif was killed in Ras al-Nabaa, where many people from the heavily bombarded areas of Beirut’s southern suburbs had sought refuge in recent weeks. The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment on reports of the strike.

Afif, who was also Hezbollah’s head of media relations, was a close affiliate of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hasan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an Israeli strike in September.

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