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A photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows smoke rising after an Israeli bombardment on the Lebanese side of the border (AFP)
The registered non-profit, sanctioned by both the US and Saudi Arabia, provides financial services and is also used by ordinary Lebanese.
Israel’s military says it will now target Hezbollah’s Lebanon-based financial arm and plans to attack “a large number of targets” in the coming hours in Beirut and elsewhere.
Israeli military spokesman Zad. Admiral Daniel Hagari says they will issue evacuation warnings to people in parts of Beirut and “anyone who will be near the sites used to finance Hezbollah’s terrorist activity should stay away from them immediately.”
The strikes will target al-Qard al-Hassan, a senior Israeli intelligence official said. The registered non-profit, sanctioned by both the US and Saudi Arabia, provides financial services and is also used by ordinary Lebanese.
Al-Qard al-Hassan is a unit of Hezbollah and is used to pay operatives of the Iran-backed militant group and help buy weapons, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with army regulations.
(This story was not edited by News18 staff and was published by a syndicated news agency feed – Associated Press)
