Lebanon's Hezbollah will provide up to $14,000 in financial assistance to families whose primary homes have been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable during this year's war with Israel, the chairman of the group's Executive Council said on Tuesday.
Reuters reported last week that Hezbollah had received $200 million from Iran to help displaced Lebanese families, citing two people with direct knowledge of the transfer, though the US disputed Tehran's ability to provide such financial assistance.
Under the plan presented by Hezbollah Executive Council chairman Ali Damoush, eligible families in Beirut and its southern suburbs will reportedly receive $14,000, including $8,000 for furniture and $6,000 for rent. Families elsewhere in Lebanon will reportedly receive $12,000, comprising $8,000 for furniture and $4,000 for rent, maintaining the same rates as in 2024.
Damoush claimed the assistance would cover families whose homes were destroyed, deemed uninhabitable following technical assessments, or severely damaged, as well as those displaced from Israeli-occupied areas or nearby locations.
The aid will be restricted to families who used the affected properties as their primary residences and do not own a second home, excluding summer homes and abandoned properties, according to the terror group.
Payments will be made in four installments over one year, starting with $3,500 for families in Beirut and its southern suburbs and $3,000 elsewhere.
Damoush said that eligibility and the type of assistance would be determined based on a set of criteria assessing the extent of damage to each property.
US economic pressure on Iran is boosting difficulty in transferring funds to terror proxy Hezbollah
Hezbollah received the cash last month despite tightening US economic pressure on Iran and increasing difficulties in getting funds to Tehran's Lebanese ally, according to the two people who spoke to Reuters.
At the time, a Hezbollah official said an amount had been secured and that a plan for distributing it would be announced in the coming days, without elaborating on the source of the funds.
The United States disputed the Reuters report, saying the money was "not there." Iran has not commented.
Damoush on Tuesday declined to comment on either the Reuters report or the US reaction, and declined to provide a figure for the total amount Hezbollah would dedicate to shelter support.