The strikes announced by Israel have begun banking institutions from Dahieh as of Beirut.
The IDF has informed that it will launch targeted strikes on facilities linked to the funding of Hezbollah in Lebanon in the coming hours and Lebanese residents should leave areas near these facilities, an Israeli military spokesman said today.
The Lebanese news agency ANI reported four strikes launched by Israel this evening in the southern sector of Beirut against the offices of a financial institution linked to Hezbollah, where the Israeli army had called on residents to evacuate.
According to ANI, four strikes in various parts of Beirut’s southern sector targeted “affiliates of Al-Qard al-Hassan,” a US-sanctioned financial firm accused of financing the Lebanese group. .
What Israel had reported earlier
«We will be attacking a number of targets over the next few hoursSpokesman Daniel Hagari said at a press conference.
«In the next few hours we will issue an evacuation warning to Lebanese residents in Beirut and other locations to evacuate facilities used to finance Hezbollah’s terrorist activities“, he continued.
A senior Israeli intelligence official added that Israel is set to attack different branches of the financial arm of Iran-backed Hezbollah Al-Qard Al-Hassan.
No details were given on the locations of the facilities to be targeted.
The United States imposed sanctions on Al-Qard Al-Hassan in 2007, saying it was being used by Hezbollah “as a front to manage the financial activities of the terrorist organization and to gain access to the international financial system.”
Telephone communication between Trump and Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a telephone conversation with former US President Donald Trump today, Sunday, October 20, as confirmed by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office.
«Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated what he has also said publicly: Israel takes into account the issues raised by the US administration, but will ultimately make its decisions based on its national interests“, the announcement states.
Trump, speaking later to reporters in Philadelphia, said he had “a very good callwith Netanyahu.
The Israeli leader asked his opinion on what to do with Iran, he said. Israel is working out its military response to recent Iranian missile strikes.
«He was asking me what I was thinking. And I said, do what you gotta doTrump said.
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