Fresh blasts heard in Lebanon as Israel vows to hit Hezbollah’s finance sites

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Fresh blasts heard in Lebanon as ******* vows to hit Hezbollah’s finance sites

The ******** military has warned residents in 24 areas in Lebanon – including 14 in the capital Beirut – that it plans to carry out strikes in the coming hours and throughout the night.

The ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said it would target banks and other financial infrastructure supporting Hezbollah.

Later on, a BBC correspondent in Beirut said there were eight air strikes in the capital’s southern Dahieh district, an area controlled by Hezbollah.

Lebanon’s state-run media also reported a strike in the east of the country. It is unclear whether there were any casualties.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it had fired more rockets into ******* on Sunday, targeting military bases.

In a statement on Sunday evening, IDF spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari warned that “anyone located near sites used to fund Hezbollah’s ******* activities must move away from these locations immediately”.

“We will strike several targets in the coming hours and additional targets throughout the night,” he said.

“In the coming days, we will reveal how Iran funds Hezbollah’s ******* activities by using civilian institutions, associations, and NGOs that act as fronts for terrorism,” the ******** spokesman added.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported a strike on Al-Qard Al-Hassan association in the country’s eastern Bekaa Valley.

******* accuses the association of financing Hezbollah.

Earlier in the day, the IDF said that dozens of projectiles were fired at northern ******* in the past 24 hours.

It also said that its warplanes conducted “an intelligence-based strike on a command centre of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut”.

It said steps had been taken to “reduce the possibility of civilian casualties”.

******* has been accused by Hezbollah and Lebanese officials of targeting civilians, which it denies.

Earlier on Sunday, the ******* Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) accused the IDF of deliberately demolishing an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in the southern Lebanese town of Marwahin on the border with *******. It follows similar incidents in recent weeks.

“Yet again, we note that breaching a UN position and damaging UN assets is a flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701,” the Unifil said in a statement.

In a separate development, the Lebanese army said three of it soldiers were ******* after a military vehicle was hit by an ******** air strike in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon.

******* has not yet commented on the two reported incidents.

Lebanon’s army has historically stayed out of cross-border clashes between ******* and Hezbollah – but a number of its troops have been ******* in ******** attacks since fighting escalated last month.

Hezbollah – a powerful militant group in Lebanon – says it has been ******* on ******** positions in solidarity with ****** in the Gaza Strip.

Both Hezbollah and ****** are backed by Iran.

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