Israel launched a rare airstrike on the center of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday, targeting the headquarters of the pro-Hezbollah Baath party.

The latest in targeted killings of senior Hezbollah officials came as Lebanese officials considered a United States-led cease-fire proposal.

Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says.   15:26 William Christou reports for the Guardian from Beirut on the strike by Israeli forces on a Syrian Social Nationalist party center in Ras al-Nabaa,