The Israeli military on Sunday targeted several branches of Islamic finance institution Al-Qard al-Hassan, which it accuses of funding Hezbollah’s activities in Lebanon. For 40 years, this organisation has specialised in microcredit, a sector that has grown significantly since the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system in 2019.
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