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Hezbollah's Media Spokesman Assassinated By Israel In Heart Of Beirut After Haifa Synagogue Attacked Via The Cradle The head of Hezbollah's Media Relations Department, Mohammad Afif, was assassinated in a violent Israeli airstrike on a building in the heart of Beirut on Sunday.  "Fate willed that Hajj Muhammad Afif was inside the building at the time of the attack [in the Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood]," said the Secretary-General of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Ali Hijazi. He said Afif was holding a meeting in the Baath party headquarters at the time of the Israeli strike. "Afif did not fight with weapons and did not lead a military unit in Hezbollah. Rather, he led a media unit," Hijazi added.  Mohammad Afif, via AP A Lebanese security source also confirmed to Al Jazeera that Afif was assassinated in the Israeli attack on central Beirut's Ras al-Nabaa. At least five were killed and seven injured. There was massive destruction at the site, and the toll is expected to rise. Hezbollah M...