Mohammed Afif, Head of Media Relations and Chief Propagandist for Hezbollah in Lebanon, was eliminated by the Israeli Defense Forces in a precision strike on Central Beirut.
In addition to Mohammed Afif, Hezbollah’s Chief of Media Relations, it is also being reported that the Israeli Strike eliminated his Deputy Assistant and three other Members of the Media Relations Unit.
The strike was carried out on Sunday morning on the headquarters of the Lebanese Baath Party in the Ras el-Nabaa area of central Beirut.
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“Chief Propagandist and Spokesperson of Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif has been eliminated. Afif was a senior Hezbollah military operative, in contact with senior officials and directly involved in advancing and executing Hezbollah’s terrorist activities against Israel.
Messages broadcasted by Afif to the Lebanese media glorified and incited terrorist activities against Israel, and he was responsible for numerous psychological terror operations against the Israeli public.
Afif’s impact on the terrorist organization proves that he was directly involved in Hezbollah’s terrorist activity against the State of Israel.”
🔴ELIMINATED: Chief Propagandist and Spokesperson of Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif
Afif was a senior Hezbollah military operative, in contact with senior officials and directly involved in advancing and executing Hezbollah’s terrorist activities against Israel.
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— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 17, 2024In his obituary statement, Hezbollah said: “We refer to the nation of resistance and the resistance media, and the nation of the martyrs and the Mujahideen, a great media leader and great martyr on the Jerusalem road, Haj Muhammad Afif Al-Nabulsi, the media relations officer in Hezbollah, who travelled next to his Lord with the best of his Mujahideen brothers in An aggressive Zionist raid, after an honourable march in jihad and labour.
“He who was not intimidated by the enemy’s death threats faced it with great misery and with his famous phrase:” The bombing did not hide us, so how did the threats scare us?
He was conveying what the carbaths were doing in the field and controlling their epics in the media. He was indeed the lion of the media field, who shouted in the ears of the enemy and their hearts, saying: “Resistance is a nation, and the nation does not die.”
WHO IS MOHAMMED AFIF
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- Joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and was an influential figure on Hezbollah’s Military activities
- As orchestrator and communicator of Hezbollah propaganda, he gave orders to operatives to gather footage from the field to be used for Hezbollah’s propaganda and psychological operations
- Received orders from Hezbollah’s senior military commanders when taking responsibility for Hezbollah’s military activities.
His death brings to a total of about 400 Hezbollah leaders eliminated by the IDF since October 7, 2023.
KEY POINTS
- THE IDF CONDUCTED A PRECISION STRIKE IN CENTRAL BEIRUT ON SUNDAY MORNING
- THE STRIKE WAS TARGETED AT AND ELIMINATED MOHAMMED AFIF
- AFIF IS THE HEAD OF MEDIA RELATIONS FOR HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON
- THE STRIKE ALSO TOOK OUT HIS DEPUTY AND THREE OTHERS
- THE IDF CLAIMS “AFIF WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES AGAINST ISREAL”
- HIS DEATH BRINGS TO A TOTAL OF ABOUT 500 HEZBOLLAH LEADERS KILLED BY IDF SINCE OCTOBER 7
