Israel says senior Hamas moneyman killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

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18 March 2026, 1:32 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

First aid responders inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment in the southern coastal city of Sidon on March 15, 2026 (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP)

A senior Hamas moneyman was killed in an Israeli strike in the coastal Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday, the military and Shin Bet security agency announce.

The strike killed Wissam Mustafa Hussein Taha, who the Shin Bet says worked “to raise hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide for Hamas.”

Taha operated under the head of Hamas’s “fundraising apparatus,” Essam Khashan, the Shin Bet says. The offices of the apparatus in Sidon were targeted in a strike on March 6.

The Shin Bet says the funds raised by Taha and other Hamas operatives “are used to finance terrorism, military buildup, and salaries for operatives in the military wing.”