Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah's Al-Qard Al-Hasan banking branches and subterranean cash reserves in central Beirut, following evacuation warnings issued by the IDF Arabic spokesperson.
Amid the severe regional escalation following the onset of "Operation Lion's Roar," the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have intensified airstrikes against Hezbollah targets deep inside Lebanon. On March 9, 2026, operations heavily focused on dismantling the group's financial infrastructure in central Beirut.
According to the pro-Israel Telegram channel Abu Ali Express, the IDF struck a branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hasan association — widely known as Hezbollah's banking arm — located in the Zokak el-Blat neighborhood in central Beirut. The strike followed an evacuation warning issued by the Israeli military.
The channel Hadashot MeHaShetach corroborated the impending strike, noting that the IDF's Arabic spokesperson explicitly published the evacuation alert for this specific structure outside the traditional Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh.
The IDF's strategic focus on Hezbollah's finances was further detailed in the Al-Bashoura neighborhood of central Beirut. Abu Ali Express reported that the IDF Arabic Spokesperson accused Hezbollah of hiding "millions of dollars to fund terror" beneath a targeted building. The channel emphasized the precision of the strike, noting that only the lower portion of the building was destroyed, leaving the rest of the structure intact.
Simultaneously, strikes continued in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh. According to Abu Ali Express, the IDF targeted areas near the Lebanese University. The channel highlighted the military's operational tactics, stating that the area was under evacuation orders and the main strike was preceded by "warning shots from a drone," a tactic utilized to clear civilians.
While the provided source material exclusively originates from Hebrew-language channels strongly aligned with the Israeli national consensus, the framing heavily emphasizes the IDF's procedural warnings to Lebanese civilians. Both channels prominently feature the Arabic-language announcements made by the IDF spokesperson to the Lebanese public. The Hebrew media frames the destruction of civilian-situated infrastructure as a justified and precise action against embedded "terror funding," underscoring the narrative of Israel's efforts to minimize civilian casualties through advance warnings and tailored munitions.
The prompt requested a cross-narrative analysis comparing Hebrew and Arabic sources. However, all provided source messages originated from Hebrew-language channels. The analysis was adapted to examine how these Hebrew channels reported on and framed the Arabic-language communications of the IDF Spokesperson, rather than contrasting primary Arabic sources.