The Israeli military’s targeting of branches of Qard al-Hassan, a non-profit financial association affiliated with Hezbollah, with over 30 branches across Lebanon, likely violates international humanitarian law and must be investigated as a war crime, Amnesty International said today.Under the laws of war, branches of financial institutions are civilian objects unless they are being used for military purposes. Therefore, these attacks likely constitute a direct attack on civilian objects.At 8:55pm on 20 October 2024, the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesperson announced on X (formerly Twitter) that its forces would begin “attacking infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah’s Qard al-Hassan” instructing residents to get away from those branches immediately. The first strike was reported 35 minutes later at around 9:30 pm. Lebanese state media reported a total of 11 strikes on Qard al-Hassan buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, as well as several other branches in other parts of the country, including the south and the Bekaa.
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