Jerusalem, 24 March, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel carried out a new wave of strikes across Lebanon over the past 24 hours, targeting fuel infrastructure it says is used to finance and support Hezbollah operations, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.
The strikes focused on gas stations belonging to the Al-Amana company, which the military described as being controlled by Hezbollah and serving as a key source of funding for the group’s activities.
“As part of the attacks, gas stations were destroyed in various areas of Lebanon that are used by the terrorist organization Hezbollah to refuel trucks carrying weapons and terrorists,” the IDF said.
“The gas stations bring in millions of dollars in profits for the terrorist organization Hezbollah to finance its activities and are another example of the exploitation of the citizens of the State of Lebanon by Hezbollah, which operates under civilian cover to promote terrorist plots.”
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Al-Amana in 2020.
The military also said the strikes were part of a broader effort to weaken what it described as Hezbollah’s economic network, including assets linked to the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association (AQHA), a financial network through which Hezbollah deposits and stores funds, manages salary payments, and even makes money transfers from Iran.
Israel has systematically struck more than 30 sites connected to AQHA.
In comments to The Press Service of Israel after Israel struck 20 AQHA branches in 2024, a senior figure in the Israeli intelligence community described AQHA as “one of the largest centers of economic power for the Iranian proxy.”
She also suggested that its competition with the Lebanese banking sector contributed to the country’s economic instability, while Hezbollah benefited from a parallel, unregulated financial system.
Established in 1982, AQHA expanded significantly to 34 branches against the backdrop of Lebanon’s economic crisis. It specializes in providing microloans to Lebanon’s Shiite community, which predominantly supports Hezbollah. These loans serve various needs, from wedding expenses to agricultural development and solar energy farms.
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned AQHA in 2007.
Israel has also assassinated several Hamas financiers in Lebanon, most recently Walid Muhammad Dib and Wassam Mustafa Hussein Ta.