The IDF on Sunday conducted a precise, intelligence-based strike in the area of Beirut and eliminated terrorist Mohammed Afif, the Chief Propagandist and Spokesperson of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit confirmed.
Afif was a senior Hezbollah military operative, having joined the terrorist organization in the 1980s. Since the beginning of the war, Afif wielded significant influence over Hezbollah's military operations. He was in contact with senior officials and directly involved in advancing and executing Hezbollah’s terrorist activities against Israel, said the IDF.
Moreover, Afif directed Hezbollah terrorists to gather footage from the field, to be used for Hezbollah's propaganda and psychological terror.
He also received orders from Hezbollah's senior military commanders regarding Hezbollah's responsibility for the UAV attack on the Prime Minister of Israel’s residence, in Caesarea on October 19, 2024.
"Afif's impact on the terrorist organization proves that he was directly involved in Hezbollah's terrorist activity against the State of Israel," said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Messages broadcast by Afif to the Lebanese media glorified and incited terrorist activities against the State of Israel, and he was responsible for numerous psychological terror operations against the Israeli public, the statement noted.
The Hezbollah terrorist organization confirmed earlier on Sunday night that Afif had been eliminated.
Last week, Afif told Hezbollah terrorists that they are "perhaps determining the fate of the Middle East," the Tehran Times reported.
"The enemy is still unable to occupy a single Lebanese village, and the epic of the al-Khiam Fortress stands as a living testament to heroism," he claimed.
He also stated, "The Israeli claims about our depleted missile stock are mere fabrications; our missiles will surprise."