Overview

• The IDF confirmed yesterday’s airstrike killed Haytham Abdullah Bakri, head of the Al-Sadiq Currency Exchange in southern Lebanon.
• According to the IDF, the exchange handled transfers from Iran’s Quds Force used to purchase weapons and pay operatives.
• The strike follows last week’s killing of IRGC Quds Force Unit 190 commander Behnam Shahriyari in western Iran.
• The killing of two senior financiers in as many weeks represents a severe blow to Hezbollah’s funding channels.
• The campaign follows a ceasefire between Israel and Iran brokered by President Donald Trump after 12 days of hostilities.