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Wave of Israeli strikes hit banks in Lebanon

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The Al-Qard al-Hassan bank has been under US sanctions since 2007, with the US saying it allows Hezbollah to bypass banking systems. Meanwhile the US Middle East envoy Amos Hochstein has arrived in Beirut in an attempt to find a negotiated end to the war between Hezbollah and Israel.Also on the programme: the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator in Lebanon talks about the situation on the ground; and we head to Moldova, the eastern European country which has voted by a tiny margin in favour of joining the European Union.(Image: A poster depicting late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is seen outside a damaged branch of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in Tyre, Lebanon, on 21 October 2024. Credit: Reuters/Aziz Taher)
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