Mechanical excavator clears rubble after Israeli strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs

Israeli strikes hit a building linked to Hezbollah’s financial arm, the al-Qard Al-Hasan Association, in Beirut’s southern suburbs and excavators are clearing the resulting rubble. The event raises localized geopolitical escalation risk that could prompt short-term risk-off flows in Lebanese and regional assets and increases scrutiny on entities tied to sanctioned networks.

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Israeli strikes hit a building linked to Hezbollah’s financial arm, the al-Qard Al-Hasan Association, in Beirut’s southern suburbs and excavators are clearing the resulting rubble. The event raises localized geopolitical escalation risk that could prompt short-term risk-off flows in Lebanese and regional assets and increases scrutiny on entities tied to sanctioned networks.