Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says.   17:45 Pope Francis has suggested the global community should study whether Israel’s military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people,

The spokesperson of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday. The death of Afif, who was for years an adviser to the late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and had been responsible for the group’s media relations since 2014,

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Islamic group, is considering a ceasefire proposal from the United States and Israel. This signals a shift in diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in the Middle East, according to CNN.