Israel threatens to hit Beirut airport if Iran 'keeps sending cash to Hezbollah'

Israel has complained to the U.S.-led ceasefire committee that "Iranian diplomats and others are delivering tens of millions of dollars in cash to Hezbollah to fund the group’s revival," The Wall Street Journal quoted sources as saying.

The American newspaper said Friday that it has learned from a U.S. defense official and other sources that Israel threatened to strike Beirut International Airport if Iran keeps using it to smuggle aid to Hezbollah.

According to the daily's sources, Israel claimed that Iranian envoys have been flying from Tehran to Beirut’s airport with suitcases stuffed with U.S. dollars and that Turkish citizens have also been smuggling money from Istanbul to Beirut.

The report said a Lebanese security official assured that Beirut's airport is under tight control to prevent smuggling cash to Hezbollah but that valuable items like gemstones and diamonds could pass undetected.