Hezbollah
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is seeking “information on the activities, networks and associates of Hezbollah that form a part of its financial support.”
Nabil Qaouk and Hassan Al-Baghdadi “are members of Hezbollah’s Central Council,” while Iraj Masjedi serves as Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq.
A U.N. Security Council member, it joins the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia and others in the determination.
U.K.-based war monitor reports confirmed casualties, following an early-morning rocket strike on a school in northern Quneitra.
“It might be a first sign for peace that could maybe happen in the future,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. But he warned that “there will be no peace with Lebanon as long as Hezbollah is in control of it.”
“This represents the toughest sanctions on Hezbollah ever proposed by Congress,” said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.).
President Emmanuel Macron has been trying to push through a roadmap outlining political and financial reforms he believes Lebanon needs to adopt to prevent the country from sinking further into crisis and economic despair.
Jerusalem and the IDF hope that Hezbollah internalizes the risk that it would be taking by attempting another border attack, while bringing attention to its use of Lebanon’s embattled civilians as shields for a dangerous industry of guided missiles.
“Although the specific basis of my exclusion from the U.S. under Section 212 hasn’t been revealed to me, I suspect it may be my acquaintance with senior PKK officials, and that Turkish influence may be behind it,” said Jonathan Spyer.
Hassan Nasrallah says Israel’s prime minister lied to the United Nations when he exposed missile stockpiles the Iranian proxy has stashed in residential areas in Beirut.
“It’s time for the world to stand up against the use of human shields by Hezbollah,” says the Israeli military.
“Here is where the next explosion could take place. This is the Beirut neighborhood of Janah. It’s right next to the international airport. And here, Hezbollah is keeping a secret arms depot.”
