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A Lebanese cash changer dealing with US sanctions over his alleged function as a monetary intermediary between Hamas and Iran has been shot lifeless at a villa simply outdoors Beirut, Lebanon's state information company reported.
Lebanon's inside minister, Bassam Mawlawi, talking to a Lebanese TV community on Sunday, stated preliminary findings confirmed that the killing final week was “carried out by the intelligence providers.” Requested whether or not he believed the Mossad was behind it, Mr Mawlawi replied “Sure.”
The Israeli prime minister's workplace didn’t instantly reply to a message searching for remark.
Lebanon's state information company reported that the cash changer, Mohammed Suroor, 57, had gone lacking for a number of days after going to a cash switch store to withdraw a fee. It stated his physique was discovered riddled with bullets. The information company referred to him solely by his initials, however his household confirmed his identification.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Mr Sarour in August 2019, saying he had supplied “monetary, materials, technical help, monetary or different providers” to Hamas and had ties to the highly effective Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Mr Saurour was accused of transferring “tens of millions of {dollars}” yearly from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to Hamas’s army wing.
Throughout a televised handle final week within the wake of the homicide, Mr Sarour's kin known as on Lebanese authorities to search out the culprits and stated all his monetary dealings have been totally clear.