Israel said late on Sunday it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon's Hezbollah group within hours and told residents to leave those areas immediately, as it intensified assaults there and in Gaza.

Hasan, which functions as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm but also operates as an alternative bank for Lebanese, were targeted around Beirut and across the country’s south and east.

Israel has launched intensified strikes on Gaza and Hezbollah targets in Beirut, focusing on the group's financial arm, al-Qard al-Hassan.

The Israeli Defense Forces began conducting airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday targeting financial institutions linked to the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Israel began bombing Lebanese branches of an association accused of financing the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, Lebanese state media reported late Sunday, a further escalation of Israel's nearly month-long war against the militants.

BEIRUT — Israel’s military announced Sunday it is now taking aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s financial arm and will attack a “large number of targets” in Beirut and

Israel has intensified its military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar raised hopes of a cease-fire.