Israel strikes banks in Lebanon to hit Hezbollah's finances
ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — The Israeli military hit bank branches across Lebanon overnight to target Hezbollah’s finances, expanding its offensive in an assault that sparked panic as the U.S. launched a new push for a diplomatic solution to the intensifying regional conflict.
ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — The Israeli military hit bank branches across Lebanon overnight to target Hezbollah’s finances, expanding its offensive in an assault that sparked panic as the U.S. launched a new push for a diplomatic solution to the intensifying regional conflict.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to travel to the Middle East on Monday for a trip that will focus on talks to end Israel’s conflict with Iran-backed militant groups in Lebanon and Gaza after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar — and amid mounting outrage over Israel's deadly renewed assault on the north of the Palestinian enclave, where the United Nations said life had been made "impossible."
But it also comes as Israel prepares an attack against Iran itself.
An advanced anti-missile system sent by the U.S. is now in place in Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said early Monday, boosting its defenses while the U.S. investigates an apparent leak of top-secret documents showing U.S. spy agencies tracking possible Israeli preparations for the strike.
Hundreds of residents of Lebanon's capital and surrounding suburbs suddenly fled their homes Sunday night after the Israel Defense Forces issued a string of evacuation orders, with blasts ringing out shortly afterward.
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