1,000 terrorists killed, Hezbollah financial assets targeted in past month

Israel has also assassinated several Hamas financiers in Lebanon, most recently Walid Muhammad Dib and Wassam Mustafa Hussein Ta.

By Pesach Benson, TPS

Approximately 1,000 terrorists have been eliminated and more than 3,500 targets attacked in Lebanon, along with key Hezbollah financial assets, during the past month, according to data released by the Israel Defense Forces on Friday.

To date, approximately 1,000 terrorists have been eliminated, including many senior commanders and hundreds of Radwan terrorists, in attacks on more than 3,500 targets across Lebanon.

Airstrikes have focused on Hezbollah weapons depots, launch sites, command-and-control centers, and other terror infrastructure.

In addition, Israel has been systematically striking key assets and cash depots of Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association (AQHA), a financial network through which Hezbollah deposits and stores funds, manages salary payments, and even makes money transfers from Iran.

The AQHA “operates as a parallel mechanism to the banking system in Lebanon, exploits citizens’ money, and receives money from Iran to finance the terrorist organization Hezbollah,” the IDF said.

In comments to The Press Service of Israel after Israel struck 20 AQHA branches in 2024, a senior figure in the Israeli intelligence community described AQHA as “one of the largest centers of economic power for the Iranian proxy.”

She also suggested that its competition with the Lebanese banking sector contributed to the country’s economic instability, while Hezbollah benefited from a parallel, unregulated financial system.

Established in 1982, AQHA expanded significantly to 34 branches against the backdrop of Lebanon’s economic crisis.

It specializes in providing microloans to Lebanon’s Shiite community, which predominantly supports Hezbollah.

These loans serve various needs, from wedding expenses to agricultural development and solar energy farms.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned AQHA in 2007.

Israel has also assassinated several Hamas financiers in Lebanon, most recently Walid Muhammad Dib and Wassam Mustafa Hussein Ta.