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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 559

Hezbollah sanctions

A money changer counts notes at his shop in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 22, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
November 21, 2024, 9:43 am
Israel puts sanctions on dozens of clients of Hezbollah-linked financial group
Measures applies to 24 entities depositing money with Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan, which Defense Ministry says directly funds terror group’s activities and weapons purchases
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
A video shows a man, left, just before he was injured by an explosion in a market in Beirut on September 17, 2024, as pagers used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon. (Screen capture: X)
September 22, 2024, 6:01 am
Report: Hezbollah devices were detonated individually, with precise intel on targets
Channel 12 says attack designed so only person carrying pager would be hurt by blast, quotes sources as saying Israel has far more extensive capabilities in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah operatives form a human barrier during the funeral procession of slain top Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
September 11, 2024, 11:23 pm
US sanctions Lebanese network over alleged oil, LPG smuggling for Hezbollah
Treasury Department targets three individuals, five companies and a number of tankers it says are involved in fundraising for terror group
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Hezbollah members raise flags of the Lebanese terror group during the funeral of a commander and another operative who were killed by an Israeli drone strike, in Chehabiyeh village, south Lebanon, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 5, 2024, 8:39 pm
Accused Hezbollah financier expected to plead guilty in US sanctions evasion case
Prosecutors say Mohammad Bazzi sold real estate in Michigan, then transferred funds abroad; ask judge for hearing this month to facilitate change of plea
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Hassan Moukalled. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 24, 2023, 9:45 pm
US slaps sanctions on alleged Hezbollah money man, currency exchange front
Treasury Department accuses prominent economist Hassan Moukalled of assisting Lebanese terror group’s financial operations
By Agencies
Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters hold flags as they attend the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, South Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
November 15, 2022, 10:59 pm
Hezbollah exploiting diplomatic loopholes to finance terror, investigation finds
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and ProPublica say centuries-old ‘honorary consul’ system being utilized by terror group to funnel money to Beirut
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: Hezbollah and Amal supporters wave Hezbollah and Iranian flags as they shout slogans against Israel and the US during a protest in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 24, 2021, 4:08 am
Australia labels all of Hezbollah a terrorist organization
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says Lebanon-based group poses ‘real’ and ‘credible’ threat to Australia, provides support to other terror groups; Bennett, Lapid welcome move
By AFP and ToI Staff
A statue of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, former head of Iran's Quds force, stands in front of a branch of the Hezbollah-run Al-Qard al-Hassan Association, in Ghobeiry, Lebanon, January 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 28, 2021, 12:24 am
Saudi Arabia puts Hezbollah financial arm on terror blacklist
Al-Qard al-Hasan Association, which gives small, interest-free loans to hundreds of thousands in poverty-stricken Lebanon, accused of managing funds for terror group
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: Hezbollah and Amal supporters wave Hezbollah and Iranian flags as they shout slogans against Israel and the US during a protest in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 29, 2021, 7:26 pm
US, Qatar announce joint sanctions against Hezbollah financing
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran-backed terror group uses ‘global networks of financiers and front companies to support its malign activity’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supporters of the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah salute as they stand behind motorcycles carrying the Shiite movement's flags in the southern Lebanese district of Marjayoun on the border with Israel, May 25, 2020. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
December 1, 2020, 12:50 am
Slovenia declares all of Hezbollah a ‘criminal and terrorist organization’
FM Ashkenazi hails Central European nation for joining growing list of countries blacklisting Iranian-backed group in its entirety, calls on EU to follow suit
By Raphael Ahren
Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria for nearly six years, speak during a press conference, at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 4, 2018 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
November 14, 2020, 2:32 pm
Lebanese general says he visited Syria over missing US reporter Austin Tice
Abbas Ibrahim, said to be facing sanctions for ties to Hezbollah terror group, makes comments after Washington trip where he is thought to have discussed case with officials
By AP
Lebanon's then Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil addresses a press conference after a signing ceremony of a diplomatic cooperation agreement in Budapest, Hungary, on November 26, 2019. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
November 8, 2020, 4:51 pm
Lebanon ex-FM says US told him: Repudiate Hezbollah or face corruption sanctions
Gebran Bassil calls Treasury Department measures against him a ‘crime,’ vows to appeal decision
By AFP
In this June 13, 2018 file photo, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil pauses during a news conference at a Syrian refugee camp, in Arsal, near the border with Syria, east Lebanon. The US treasury slapped sanctions Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, on Lebanon's ex-foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the Hezbollah group, according to the Treasury's website. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 6, 2020, 7:04 pm
US expands Hezbollah sanctions, targeting allied Lebanese Christian leader
New measures hit Gebran Bassil, a lawmaker who leads the largest bloc in parliament and a son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, accusing him of corruption
By AP and ToI Staff
A child in tiny military fatigues waves the Hezbollah flag as supporters of the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah wait for his televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 following the US airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 28, 2020, 12:01 pm
By huge majority, Czech parliament calls for outlawing Hezbollah in its entirety
Foreign Minister Ashkenazi hails non-binding motion as another victory for Israeli diplomacy, calls on other countries to follow suit
By Raphael Ahren
Supporters of Hezbollah terror group leader Hassan Nasrallah chant slogans ahead of his televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, January 5, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
October 22, 2020, 8:50 pm
Estonia bans entry to Hezbollah members, sanctions terror group
Eastern European country says organization ‘poses a considerable threat to international — and thereby Estonian — security’; Israeli FM hails ‘clear message against terrorism’
By ToI Staff
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