(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program is offering rewards of up to USD five million each for information leading to the "identification or location" of Hamas leader Salih al-Aruri and Lebanese Hezbollah leaders Khalil Yusif Mahmoud Harb and Haytham 'Ali Tabataba'i, the Department of State announced Tuesday.
The statement noted that al-Aruri "is a deputy of the political bureau of the terrorist organization Hamas and one of the founders of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing." It added that Aruri "is currently living freely in Lebanon, where he reportedly is working with Qasem Soleimani, leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force." Harb is "a close adviser to Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group, and has served as the group's chief military liaison to Iran and to Palestinian terrorist organizations," the statement indicated.
As for Tabataba'i, he is "a key Hezbollah military leader who has commanded Hezbollah's special forces in both Syria and Yemen." The statement stressed that Hamas and Hezbollah "receive weapons, training, and funding from Iran, which the Secretary of State has designated as a state sponsor of terrorism." The Department of State designated both Hamas and Hezbollah as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in October 1997 and as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entities in October 2001. (end) si.ibi
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