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.

Israel struck three different neighbourhoods of central Beirut on Wednesday, one of them with prior warning but others without.

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when militant group Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Israel responded with intense strikes on multiple regions around the country and by launching ground operations in the south.

Al-Manar said that Sherri had recently undergone surgery and was recovering when he was killed by the Israeli strike.

On March 3, another Israeli strike hit Al Manar's office in Beirut's southern suburbs, a densely populated Hezbollah stronghold that has been pounded by Israel since the start of the current war.

Hezbollah's Al-Nour radio was also targeted that day.

In the last war between the two sides in 2024, Israel killed Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif.

Israel alleged Afif was "directly involved in advancing and executing Hezbollah's terrorist activities against Israel".