The Drought Arrives: Israel and the US Agreed – Hezbollah's Oxygen Pipeline Will Be Sealed

According to a report in Lebanon, the US and Israel are advancing a move to weaken Hezbollah's economic infrastructure. The focus: subjecting financing bodies to regulation, oversight of money changers and transfers, and a crackdown on gold trading networks. The US Treasury expanded sanctions on entities linked to the organization's financing.

Pressure on Hezbollah is expanding from the military arena to the economic one. According to a report by Lebanese sources to the site 'Aram News', the US and Israel are advancing a move to weaken the organization's economic infrastructure. The focus: subjecting financing bodies to regulation, oversight of money changers and transfers, and a crackdown on gold trading networks. The report indicates a shift in the American-Israeli emphasis, which has moved from the rocket arsenal and military infrastructures to 'Hezbollah's economy'. The assumption is that as long as the financing networks operate, the organization can rebuild capabilities even after military damage. The US Treasury expanded sanctions on entities and individuals linked to Hezbollah's financing, including gold trading. The direction is to tighten existing laws regarding charities and financial bodies, strengthen money laundering and terror financing laws, and increase oversight of money changers and electronic wallets. The move is seen as part of an American vision for a future arrangement in Lebanon, which includes reducing Hezbollah's parallel economic and legal system.