Damaged buildings in Dahieh, a southern suburb controlled by Hezbollah, Beirut, Lebanon, 02 October 2024. According to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), Israeli warplanes conducted a series of raids against multiple neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut (Dahieh) on the evening of 01 October. On 30 September Israel announced the beginning of a 'limited, localized and targeted' ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. EPA-EFE/JOAO RELVAS"We will attack a number of targets in the coming hours," spokesperson Daniel Hagari told a news briefing.
"In the coming hours we will issue an evacuation warning to Lebanese residents in Beirut and other locations to evacuate from sites that are used to fund Hezbollah's terrorism activities."
A senior Israeli intelligence official added that they were going to be attacking different branches of Iran-backed Hezbollah's financing arm Al-Qard Al-Hassan.
No details were given about the locations of the sites that would be targeted.
The United States imposed sanctions on Al-Qard al-Hassan in 2007, saying it was used by Hezbollah "as a cover to manage the terrorist group's financial activities and gain access to the international financial system".
(Reporting by Jonathan Saul and Maayan Lubell, Editing by Ros Russell)
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