More than 50 Israeli citizens who were wounded or had relatives killed or wounded in the 2006 war with Hezbollah have filed a lawsuit against five commercial banks in Lebanon, accusing the banks of helping to finance Hezbollah. The lawsuit, filed last Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, accused the banks of providing Hezbollah with easy access to United States currency and enabling the group to "purchase missiles and other weapons that could terrorize civilians." The suit seeks unspecified damages against the banks, none of which could be reached Monday for comment.

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