Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says.   13:33 Here are some images from the scene in Beirut, where an Israeli strike is believed to have killed Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammed Afif:   13:23 Sunday’s strike by Israel killed one person – reported to be Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammed Afif – and injured three,

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 Israeli military pressed on Saturday with its days-long bombing campaign targeting an area near Beirut dominated by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia, while in the country’s south, Israeli airstrikes killed two paramedics, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

The attack came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in months.

The main spokesman for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has been killed in the first Israeli air strike on central Beirut in more than a month, an official with the group said. Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip had earlier killed 12 people,