The Lebanese businessman and CEO of SGBL Bank, Antoun Sehnaoui (second from left), and former U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus (left) at a dinner in the United States in memory of influential South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right). (Credit: Photo published by journalist Barak Ravid on his X account)
BEIRUT — Hezbollah announced in a statement that "a group of lawyers is preparing to file a complaint with the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation against banker Antoun Sehnaoui, on charges of communicating with the Israeli enemy." The text mentions "a meeting between the accused and the war criminal and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
A photo recently circulated on social media showed Lebanese businessman Antoun Sehnaoui in the company of former U.S. envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus during a dinner they organized in memory of the U.S. senator who died on July 11, Lindsey Graham, which was attended by the Israeli prime minister and his wife. Guests also included Graham's family, several Republican senators, high-ranking officials, leaders of industrial groups, as well as Israel's ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter.
In Lebanon, a law still criminalizes any contact with Israelis.
Hezbollah is once again engaged in armed conflict with Israel since last March 2, the second in less than three years, which it triggered in solidarity with Iran, the target of Israeli-American strikes since Feb. 28. The Israeli army occupies part of southern Lebanon and has already destroyed dozens of towns.
