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Hezbollah runs out of money following repeated Israeli strikes. Shiites muslims should donate more money....

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The findings reportedly identified Hezbollah's main source of income as coming from the Lebanese banking institution Al-Qard al-Hasan.​


 A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of what security sources said was an Israeli strike on a market, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024.  (photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin)

A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of what security sources said was an Israeli strike on a market, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin)


Hezbollah has been allegedly faced with severe financial difficulties as a result of Israeli military actions that have targeted their funding sources, according to an exclusive Voice of America report.

According to the Friday VOA report, the findings of the Lebanese terror group’s financial struggles came after speaking to US and Lebanon-based researchers, along with alleged US Treasury Department reports.

The findings reportedly identified Hezbollah’s main source of income as coming from the Lebanese banking institution Al-Qard al-Hasan (AQAH).


According to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, AQAH had “grown into a major institution with branches in Hezbollah’s southern Beirut stronghold of Dahiyeh and other Hezbollah-dominated parts of Lebanon,” the report said.

The researchers also said that Hezbollah had other financial sources through Lebanon’s licensed commercial banks and from arrivals of “cash-bearing” planes at Beirut’s airport, according to the report.

 Clothes hang on a damaged structure in the aftermath of what security sources said was an Israeli strike on a commercial market, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin)
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Clothes hang on a damaged structure in the aftermath of what security sources said was an Israeli strike on a commercial market, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin)
VOA’s report of Hezbollah’s lack of funding has come after Israel has reportedly escalated its attacks on the terror group’s assets, including airstrikes on AQAH’s branches, causing significant damage.

AQAH has operated as a key financial institution since its founding in 1982 and has grown into a major source of funding for Hezbollah’s operations, according to the report.



'A very serious financial problem'

“Hezbollah is facing a very serious financial problem. They are unable to pay rank-and-file members who have fled their homes and need to feed their families,” said Hilal Khashan, a Lebanese political science professor.

Furthermore, Lebanese finances have also been strained due to a loss of access to its banking system. According to the report, many of Lebanon’s wealthiest bankers, who may have facilitated Hezbollah’s money laundering activities, have fled the country, fearing Israeli reprisals.

“These Lebanese bankers, most of them billionaires, see the wind is blowing against Hezbollah, so they are not going to let it take millions of dollars out of their banks,” David Asher, a former US official, reportedly said.
 
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