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    29 days ago

    Israel claims Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds millions of dollars

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    Israel has accused Hezbollah of keeping hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker under a hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, though it said it would not strike the complex.The Sahel hospital in Dahiyeh was evacuated shortly afterwards, and Fadi Alame, its director, told Reuters that the allegations were untrue.

    Israel did not provide evidence for its claim that cash was being kept under the hospital. Instead, it published an animated graphic that purported to show a bunker under the hospital

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    The entire hospital was evacuated because of fears Israel would bomb it. Israel has since bombed a crowded apartment complex close to the hospital but not directly the hospital. And Israel has bombed banks they claim have links with Hezbollah. Because money is now a valid military target…