As Israel pounds Hezbollah in Lebanon, a quieter and far more dangerous battlefield has opened—one hidden in Dubai’s glittering financial hub. A Wall Street Journal report revealed how Iran has quietly rebuilt Hezbollah’s war chest through a shadow money pipeline that U.S. and Israeli intelligence somehow missed. From hawala brokers to Quds Force cash couriers, millions have flowed undetected into Lebanon even as sanctions tightened. With Dubai now the nerve centre of Tehran’s financial web, has Washington lost the fight to choke off Iran’s most lethal proxy?