Hezbollah's Al-Qard Al-Hasan Resumes Operations Despite IDF Strikes
The Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association, known as Hezbollah's financial arm, has resumed its operations in Beirut despite recent Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) airstrikes targeting its branches. According to a report by the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network, the association's branch in the Haret Khreik neighborhood of southern Dahiyya, Beirut, has reopened. This development follows a period of heightened conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, during which the IDF targeted 30 branches of the association. The Lebanese government had previously banned the association from operating during the conflict, but Al-Qard Al-Hasan reportedly sought permission to resume its activities. The association has been under U.S. sanctions since 2007, and the Lebanese Central Bank had instructed commercial banks not to engage with it, although it did not impose a direct ban. 
