The U.S. government announced new sanctions against what it said are two senior Hezbollah officials and two people who facilitate the terror group’s financial backing.
The four sanctioned people live in Lebanon and Iran and “work closely with Hezbollah leadership to send money to the group from overseas donors,” the U.S. Treasury Department stated.
The department stated that the donations represent “a significant portion of the terrorist group’s overall budget,” and that those sanctioned manage and process the funding for Hezbollah in Lebanon. One is also “responsible for overseeing financial activity for Hezbollah-aligned groups around the world,” it said.
One of those sanctioned, Jihad Alami, coordinated the delivery of at least $50,000 to Mu’in Daqiq Al-‘Amili—a senior Hezbollah representative in Qom, Iran, who was also sanctioned on Thursday—in Lebanon. That money “was collected from Iran likely for onward transfer to Gaza” after the Hamas-led terror attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, per the U.S. Treasury Department.
“Today’s action underscores Hezbollah’s extensive global reach through its network of terrorist donors and supporters, particularly in Tehran,” stated Michael Faulkender, the U.S. deputy treasury secretary.
