According to reports, a man who supposedly transported $ 2.5 million in cash for the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah was arrested Friday at Beirut airport in a bust that an expert said in Fox News Digital is not preceded. ”
“The detainee and the seized funds will be delivered to the Investigation Division in the General Directorate of General Security,” said the Ministry of Finance of Lebanon in a statement obtained by Reuters, who cited Fuentes saying that the man had been traveling from Turkey.
“The raw $ 2.5 million is not preceded,” said David Daoud, the main member of the Democracies Defense Foundation, Fox News Digital.
“We have not seen anything like this. Now, this follows up, although the fact that this money comes from Turkey, this tracks with the Israeli statements that Turkey is being used as a conduit by the Iranians to obtain more funds to Hezbollah,” Daud continued.
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Hezbollah members greet and raise the yellow flags of the group during the funeral of fallen combatants who were killed in an Israeli strike in their vehicles, in Shehabiya in the south of Lebanon in April 2024. (AFP through Getty Images)
“Plausibly, this is something that was trapped: how many cash transfers are happening through Dragnet?” He also said.
The money that the individual carried was destined for Hezbollah, which has been recently weakened by Israel's military, sources told Reuters.
“While Hezbollah's military capabilities were significantly reduced during the war, now they are trying to recover strength and restart with Iran's help,” Reuters cited Israel's UN ambassador, Danny Danon.
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A Middle East Airlines plane takes off the Beirut International Airport while people inspect the damage of an area on the outskirts of southern Beirut that was attacked by Israeli air attacks on November 7, 2024. The sources told The Times of Israel on Friday that the man who carried the Hezbollah cash stopped at the airport. (AFP through Getty Images)
There was no immediate reaction from Hezbollah on Friday.
From the beginning of the Israel War against Hamas, Israel's defense forces dedicated themselves to cross -border skames with Hezbollah, including terrestrial operations in Lebanese land, until a high -fire high agreement was reached at the end of last year.
The mourners attend the funeral of the murderous leaders of Hezbolá Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine at the Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on February 23, 2025. (Anwar Amro/AFP through Getty Images)
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The former leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in Lebanon by an Israeli air attack in September.
