Israel’s army wants to destroy the financial structures of the pro-Iranian Shiite militia in Lebanon. Hundreds of millions of dollars are said to be hidden in a bunker beneath a clinic in Beirut.
The pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia has hidden hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cash and gold in a bunker beneath a hospital in the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to the Israeli army. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari called on the Lebanese government and international organizations in the evening not to allow Hezbollah to use these assets for terror and attacks against Israel. The Israeli Air Force is closely monitoring the site of the al-Sahel clinic in southern Beirut, the spokesman warned. But the hospital itself will not be attacked.
“I want to emphasize: We are not at war with the Lebanese people,” said Hagari. The director of the hospital, Fadi Alameh, denied the allegations and announced in an interview on Lebanese television that the hospital in southern Beirut would be evacuated as a precaution. The clinic has no connections to political parties, he asserted. Alameh called on the Lebanese army and authorities to search the building.
Israel continues to attack Lebanon
Israel says it is carrying out targeted attacks against Hezbollah’s financial structure. Since Monday night, branches of the Al-Kard Al-Hassan association, a kind of Hezbollah bank, have been targeted. Almost 30 targets throughout Lebanon were bombed, said Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi in a statement early in the evening.
According to Hagari, an underground depot containing cash and gold worth millions was also hit. The army estimates the assets in the bunker under the al-Sahel clinic in Beirut, which has not yet been attacked, to be around half a billion dollars. Hezbollah had set up the bunker so that it could command battles from there, Hagari said. The Iranian-backed Shiite militia should not be given the opportunity to reorganize, the army spokesman emphasized.
Source: Stern
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