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German Defense Minister Visits Troops at UN Force in Lebanon

11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
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German Defense Minister Visits Troops at UN Force in Lebanon

11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
11 October 2023, Berlin: German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks with media after the meeting of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius traveled to Lebanon on Thursday to visit German soldiers serving in a UN peacekeeping force in the region in the wake of a major escalation between neighboring Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Berlin has deployed some 140 soldiers on a corvette off the Lebanese coast and at the headquarters of the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon that was hit by a rocket on Sunday without causing casualties, Reuters said.
"On the corvette Oldenburg, (the minister) thanked the sailors for their efforts and was briefed on the impact the conflict in Israel and Gaza is having on German soldiers in the region," the defense ministry in Berlin said on the social media platform X, formerly called Twitter.
UNIFIL has operated in Lebanon since 1978 to maintain peace along the border with Israel and was expanded by the UN resolution that halted the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war in southern Lebanon.

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The United States targeted two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators with new sanctions on Thursday for their role in coordinating financial transfers to the Lebanese group that is backed by Iran, the Treasury Department said.

The latest sanctions come as President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had "sort of" agreed to the terms.

Trump said Wednesday that he believed the moment was ripe for Lebanon to have a “future free from the grip of Hezbollah terrorists.”

The people targeted were based in Lebanon and Iran and worked to get money to Hezbollah from overseas donors, the department said in a statement.

Treasury said overseas donations make up a significant portion of the group's budget.

Thursday's action highlights Hezbollah's "extensive global reach through its network of terrorist donors and supporters, particularly in Tehran," said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender.

"As part of our ongoing efforts to address Iran’s support for terrorism, Treasury will continue to intensify economic pressure on the key individuals in the Iranian regime and its proxies who enable these deadly activities."