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 The Associated Press.

The spokesperson of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif, was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday. Lebanese security sources told both Reuters and AFP that he was killed in the strike on the center of Lebanon’s capital.

The head of Hezbollah's media relations, Mohammad Afif, was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike that targeted a building in a densely-populated neighborhood in Beirut.