The Israeli army confirmed that it had killed Hezbollah spokesperson, Mohamed Afifiduring a “precise” attack on Sunday in Beirut, condemned by Iran and the Lebanese Shiite group.
Afifi was in direct contact with senior Hezbollah officials to carry out the group’s “terrorist activities” against Israel, according to an Israeli military statement released early Monday morning and to which he had access. Efe.
He himself emphasizes that Afifi directed Hezbollah’s operations from the ground to promote the “campaign of propaganda and psychological terror” of the Shiite movement, and accuses it of “glorifying” and “inciting” “terrorist activities” against the State of Israel.
Afifi’s death was confirmed by Hezbollah, which said he joined his companions and his “father” as a “martyr”. Hassan Nasrallahhead of the movement’s political and military training, died in another attack in Beirut in September.
Afifi was killed on Sunday in an Israeli bombing of the headquarters of the Arab socialist Baath Party in Beirut, the Lebanese branch of the pan-Arab party that maintains power in Syria with Bashar Al Assad.
The Iranian government’s spokesperson for foreign affairs, Ismail Baghaei, also condemned the death of Afifi, whom he defined as the “voice of the Lebanese nation”, describing the Israeli bombings as a “terrorist act”, according to the Iranian agency. IRNA.
Hezbollah is part of the so-called Axis of Resistance.an informal alliance of militias and countries operating in the Middle East under the influence of Iran which also includes Shiite militias in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Houthis in Yemen or Hamas in Palestine.
Fighting last year between Israel and Hezbollah around the border with Lebanon left nearly 3,500 people dead in that country.the largest number since the Israeli army intensified its bombing campaign on September 23. The armed forces estimate that around 2,500 people were militants of the Shiite group.
On the Israeli side, 76 people died in attacks launched from Lebanon, including 45 civilians (including 6 foreigners). In addition, 42 soldiers died in combat in the south of the neighboring country, where they had been leading a land invasion since October 1.
