Israel's military says strikes on Syria have killed the person responsible for transactions funding Hezbollah through the Al-Qard Al-Hassan organisation.
The Israel Defense Forces says strikes on Syria have killed the person responsible for transactions funding Lebanese terror group Hezbollah .
"used to store money for the military arm of Hezbollah", including Al-Qard Al-Hassan, which he said financed arms purchases and was used to pay fighters. The IDF has released intelligence suggesting Hezbollah stashed millions of dollars in cash and gold in an underground bunker in Beirut.The strikes came as Israel confirmed it planned to carry out more strikes in Lebanon against Al-Qard al-Hassan.
"I'm calling on the Lebanese government, Lebanese authorities, and the international organisations: don't allow Hezbollah to use the money for terror and to attack Israel," he said in the televised statement. The documents were attributed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency and detailed Israeli movements of military assets to conduct a military strike in response to Iran's ballistic missile attack on October 1.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also set to make his 11th trip to the region since Israel's war in Gaza began.
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