On Monday evening Arabic-speaking military spokesman Israelcolonel Awichaj Adrai warned residents of the southern Beirut suburb of Dahije to immediately evacuate the area around several buildings used by Hezbollah.
Several minutes later, a heavy raid began near the university hospital. Rafik Hariri – reported Reuters. According to Lebanese Ministry of Health Four people were killed and 24 injured as a result of the shelling.
Hezbollah's vault under a hospital?
On Monday evening, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Cadm. Daniel Hagari announced that Hezbollah built a bunker under one of the hospitals in the Lebanese capital Beirut, and the group hides over USD 500 million in gold and cash there. He added that the army would not bomb the facility.
Hagari noted that the money hidden in the bunker “could help with reconstruction Lebanonbut it was intended to strengthen Hezbollah.
The spokesman's statement published on social media was accompanied by a graphic showing the location of the bunker and the entrances to the structure.
Hagari noted that the bunker, purposely built under the hospital, had previously served as one of the hideouts of someone killed in an Israeli airstrike at the end of September. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Now the hideout has been transformed into Hezbollah's main treasurywhere most of the funds of this terrorist organization are hidden – added the spokesman.
The director of Sahel Hospital, Fadi Alameh, denied the accusations in an interview with Reuters Israeli army and called Lebanese armyto inspect the facility. He also ordered its evacuation.
Israel will continue attacks on Hezbollah's financial institutions, Hagari announced.
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