A Lebanese man named Mohammed Ibrahim Suroor, aged 57 was discovered dead in Beit Meri, Mount Lebanon, after being reported missing since the previous Thursday.
Suroor, a current exchanger involved in financial transactions, had been placed on the US sanctions list for his purported role in facilitating the transfer of funds from Iran, via Hezbollah, to Palestinian factions in Gaza.
He disappeared while returning from a currency exchange shop in Beit Meri after completing a financial transfer.
Initial efforts to determine his whereabouts focused on tracking his phone, which ultimately led to locating him in Beit Meri.
Surveillance footage revealed him entering a villa in the area but not leaving.
Speculation arose in Israeli media about the potential involvement of Mossa, given Suroor’s ties with Iran.
Lebanese judicial sources indicated that investigations into Suroor’s murder within a Monteverdi villa were in the early stages.
Authorities were concentrating on identifying the occupants of the villa where the body was discovered, analyzing surveillance footage, and scrutinizing communications records.
The investigation is exploring several possibilities, including the involvement of Mossad or terrorism.
It appears that Suroor was lured to the villa and fatally shot with a military pistol, suggesting the involvement of multiple assailants, as indicated by the discovery of two types of empty bullet casings.
In August 2019, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Suroor and three others for their roles in facilitating the transfers of funds from the Quds Force of the IRGC to Hamad through Hezbollah, with intentions of carrying out terrorist activities in Gaza.
Suroor was specifically cited for his responsibility in transferring significant sums annually from Quds Force to Hamas’s military wing, Al-Assam Brigades, since 2014.
He had a significant history of financial involvement, including working at Beit al-Mal Bank, which the US Treasury designated as an institution linked to Hezbollah.
Earlier in March, The United States announced sanctions targeting individuals and entities associated with Hezbollah, the Yemeni Houthis, and al-Quds Force, a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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