Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says.   13:15 Ali Hijazi, secretary-general of the Lebanese branch of the Ba’ath party, has “confirmed the death of Hezbollah media official” Mohammed Afif,

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.