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21 Oct 2024

Why Israel targeted ‘Hezbollah banking network’

International Editor

Beirut suffered one of its most violent onslaughts of the war overnight as Israeli rockets pounded its southern suburbs, targeting a Hezbollah-linked financial institution.

At least 10 strikes targeted branches of the Qard al-Hasan company, many situated in residential buildings and one close to the country’s only international airport.