Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV has said the director of its political programmes was killed alongside his wife in an Israeli strike on central Beirut, AFP reports.

In a statement, the channel said the “director of political programmes at the channel, Mohammad Sherri and his wife” were killed “in the Zionist raid on the Zuqaq al-Blat area in Beirut”.

His children and grandchildren were wounded and hospitalised following the strike, according to Al Manar.