Hezbollah is reeling from the death of leader Hassan Nasrallah and top commanders. Over the past two weeks, Israel has systematically killed or removed from the battlefield thousands of Hezbollah fighters and commanders.
If Israel wants to defeat Hezbollah, however, it must not only defeat it on the battlefield; it must also dry up its resources so the terrorist group no longer can launder money, fund salaries or subsidize goods for its members. This will require economic warfare beyond the sanctions Western countries now slap on the group. Hezbollah’s financial networks, spanning continents and infiltrating legitimate businesses, demand the multi-pronged pursuit of economic warfare against the group. Hezbollah’s labyrinth of front companies and shell corporations needs unraveling.
Just last week Israeli Police confiscated 2,400,000 shekels ($648,000) suspected of being destined for terror financing after officers stopped a suspicious Palestinian driver, the police said on Monday.
Israeli Police Seize 2.4 Million Shekels in Terror Money, by Pesach Benson/TPS-IL