Lebanon seizes $2.5M destined for Hezbollah after stopping man at airport in 'unprecedented' bust

"We are seeing indications that the terrorist Hezbollah group funded by the Islamic Republic is still committed to rearming and rebuilding its decimated infrastructure," Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon told Fox News Digital. "This is yet another attempt of Tehran to destabilize the Middle East. Israel will not hesitate to defend itself from any threat it perceives from the north."

"The $2.5 million dollar seizure is unprecedented," added David Daoud, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

"We haven't seen anything like this. Now, this does track though the fact this money is coming in from Turkey, this does track with Israeli claims that Turkey is being used as a conduit by the Iranians to get more funds to Hezbollah," Daoud told Fox News Digital.

"Plausibly, this is one thing that got caught - how many cash transfers are getting through the dragnet?" he also said.  

There was no immediate reaction from Hezbollah on Friday. 

Former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Lebanon by an Israeli airstrike in September.