Hezbollah generates funds for activities under the guise of a non-profit: Israeli officials

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed caller quality astir Hezbollah's fiscal web connected Monday, arsenic the subject continues eliminating threats from Hamas and different violent groups.

In a Monday briefing that was posted connected X, IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari revealed caller accusation astir the instauration Hezbollah uses to money attacks.

"Tonight, we're exposing Hezbollah's fiscal web and however Hezbollah uses it to money its violent activities," Hagari said. "In caller years, the authorities of Lebanon has experienced a heavy fiscal situation which was exploited by Hezbollah."

Hagari said that Hezbollah's fiscal limb is Al-Qard Al-Hasan, which "provides fiscal services to Lebanese civilians and pays the salaries of Hezbollah's operatives," Hagari said.

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Al-Qard Al-Hasan is simply a indebtedness supplier that is registered arsenic a charitable non-profit successful Lebanon, according to Reuters. Hagari said that the Iranian-linked fiscal web violates planetary law.

"Hezbollah's fiscal web is based connected 2 main sources of income: wealth from the Iranian regime, and wealth from the Lebanese people," the subject spokesperson said. "Iran's Quds Force is transferring wealth to Hezbollah from Iranian lipid sold successful Syria."

"Iran besides sends suitcases of currency and golden by planes to the Iranian embassy successful Beirut, and past straight it goes to Hezbollah."

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Israeli service spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari speaks to the property from The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defence, successful Tel Aviv connected October 18, 2023.  (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Hagari besides noted that Hezbollah built factories successful Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Turkey to make currency to enactment violent activities.

The Israeli authoritative argued that Hezbollah's fiscal limb threatens the Lebanese economy, arsenic bringing Iranian wealth into circulation devalues the Lebanese pound.

"I privation to emphasize, we are not astatine warfare with the radical of Lebanon," Hagari concluded. "We are astatine warfare with Hezbollah, and we volition proceed to run against Hezbollah truthful that the residents of bluish Israel volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to their homes successful information and security."

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Israeli soldiers run astatine a determination fixed arsenic Southern Lebanon successful this representation released connected October 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS)

The update comes 3 weeks aft the IDF began their ground operations successful Lebanon. On Sunday, the subject conducted airstrikes targetting Al-Qard Al-Hasan buildings successful Lebanon.

Fox News Digital's Trey Yingst and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.