Lebanese authorities seized$2.5 million in cash Friday from a man reportedly arriving from Turkey, the country's finance minister said Friday. Three security sources said the money had been intended for Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

Lebanonseized $2.5 million in cash from a man arriving fromTurkey, the finance ministry said on Friday, with three sources saying the money was destined for militant groupHezbollah.

One of the sources said it was the first time such a seizure had been made. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah.

"The detainee and the seized funds will be handed over to the investigation division at the General Directorate of General Security," Lebanon's finance ministry said in a statement, without making a reference to Hezbollah.

Israel's military said earlier on Friday it had killed a Hezbollah weapons smuggler in a strike on eastern Lebanon a day earlier.

Lebanon's health ministry on Thursday reported one death and one injury in a strike on a vehicle in Hermel, the area the Israeli military said it had targeted.

In a statement, the military accused the slain militant of having "recently been involved in transporting weapons fromSyriato Lebanon".

The terms of aceasefireagreed byIsraeland Hezbollah in November require the Lebanese army to deploy into south Lebanon as Israeli troops and Hezbollah withdraw forces. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that Israel troops wouldremain in southern Lebanon "indefinitely".

Last month, Israel'sUNambassador accused Hezbollah of trying "to regain strength and rearm with the assistance ofIran". A senior Lebanese source close to Hezbollah denied the allegations.

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Lebanonhalted an Iranian flighttoBeirutearlier this month after the Israeli military accused Tehran of using civilian aircraft to smuggle cash to Beirut to arm Hezbollah.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP)

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