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Israel Seizes Crypto Wallets Connected To Iran’s Quds Force, Lebanon-based Hezbollah

Cryptocurrency symbols. The Quds Force, Hezbollah and Syrian groups have since the beginning of the year used cryptocurrency supplied by third parties to fund their activities, according to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Photo by Kanchanara on Unsplash.

Israel has for the first time seized cryptocurrency wallets tied to Iran’s Quds Force and Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror proxy, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed on Tuesday.

The “extensive and precedent-setting” effort over the past week resulted in the confiscation of millions of dollars worth of digital currency earmarked for terrorism, Gallant said.

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