BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes targeting branches of a financial institution affiliated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah...
BEIRUT — The Israel i 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.across Lebanon Sunday night, and came two weeks after an airstrike killed the man who many referred to as Hezbollah ’s “finance minister.
Founded four decades ago, soon after Hezbollah’s inception, the association, whose name in Arabic means “the benevolent loan,” offers interest-free loans and allows people to deposit gold as collateral in return for the credit, enabling them to pay for school fees and weddings, buy a car or open a small business. People can also open savings accounts.for many Lebanese.
David Asher, an expert on illicit financing who has worked at the U.S. Defense and State Departments and is now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said the Israeli attacks were “a big deal.” “As long as Iran and Hezbollah’s allies are funding the group it will not be affected,” Hobeika said, adding that the flow of “bags of cash” from abroad will continue just like in the past.
“I don’t care whether I get the gold or not at a time when men are sacrificing their souls in south Lebanon,” Zahraa said referring to Hezbollah gunmen who are fighting invading Israeli forces.Israel began going after Hezbollah's finances earlier this month, when an Israeli airstrike destroyed the top two floors of a south Beirut building, killing Mohammed Jaafar Qassir, who the U.S.
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