Mohammed Afif was killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday.
Thick smoke rises from an explosion during an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on Nov. 17, 2024.
Tensions also remain high between Israel and Iran after the former launched what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in several locations in Iran following Tehran's Oct. 1 missile barrage.Khamenei meets with ambassador injured in pager attacks This photo released by an official website of the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking with Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 17, 2024.Khamenei's official X account posted a short video of their interaction on Monday, in which Amani told the Iranian leader he lost around half of the vision in his right eye in the attack.
The Israel Defense Forces also confirmed Afif's death. In a statement, the IDF said he joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and went on to become a "central and veteran figure in the organization who greatly influenced Hezbollah's military activity."
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