Mohammed Afif, the head of Hezbollah's media relations, was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, according to the Times of Israel. The Times of Israel reports that Hezbollah has verified Mohammad Afif's death.

The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in central Beirut, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as Lebanese officials are considering a U.S.-brokered cease-fire proposal.

A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza ‘s Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people, a hospital director there told t.