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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bassem Mroue

What is the Hezbollah-linked financial institution Israel is targeting in Lebanon?

Lebanon Israel - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes targeting branches of a financial institution affiliated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, saying the quasi-banking system is being used to fund the militant group's military wing.

The strikes destroyed more than a dozen branches of al-Qard al-Hasan across Lebanon Sunday night, and came two weeks after an airstrike killed the man who many referred to as Hezbollah’s “finance minister.”

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