Israel's war with Iran-backed Hezbollah escalates as IDF bombs financial institutions across Lebanon
CBSN
A fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes started pounding locations across Lebanon on Sunday night, some striking dangerously close to Lebanon's only international airport. Israel had said it would launch a widescale assault on a banking institution it regards as Hezbollah's de-facto financial arm, the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association.
The strikes began a day after a drone targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu private residence in the central town of Caesarea. He and his wife weren't there at the time and there were no casualties, but Netanyahu released a statement on Saturday saying, "the attempt by Iran's proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake."
Sunday night, explosions rocked Beirut as the Israeli strikes targeting Al-Qard al-Hassan began.
