Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)


AP has picked this story up, this is what they said:

"BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military says it is now taking aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s financial arm and plans to attack a “large number of targets” in Beirut and elsewhere. Explosions have begun in Beirut’s southern suburbs, about an hour after the announcement Sunday. A senior Israeli intelligence official says the strikes target al-Qard al-Hassan. The registered nonprofit is sanctioned by both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and provides financial services. It is also used by ordinary Lebanese. Israel says it is a Hezbollah unit and is used to pay operatives of the Iran-backed militant group."

https://www.ehextra.com/news/nation...cle_f0f0266a-00e8-5e94-bb6f-008d071542f8.html

I don't think blowing up a bank branch blows up all that much money. Some transactional cash on hand will burn up.

If the banks computer system has backup's of their daily transaction, one or a few branches can pick up the load for the branches which were destroyed. The depositors will most likely be made whole.