Israel Claims Hezbollah Bunker Under Beirut Hospital Contains 'Millions Of Dollars In Gold & Cash'

The Israeli army has accused Hezbollah of storing hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker under a hospital in Beirut.

Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari made the allegations during a televised briefing on Monday. He identified the hospital in question as Al-Sahel Hospital, located in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital.

Hagari noted that the vault has not yet been targeted by the Israeli military.

“Tonight, I am going to declassify intelligence on a site that we did not strike—where Hezbollah has millions of dollars in gold and cash—in Hassan Nasrallah’s bunker. Where is the bunker located? Directly under Al-Sahel Hospital in the heart of Beirut,” Hagari stated.

Refuting the claims, Fadi Alameh, the head of Al-Sahel Hospital, told news agency AFP that Israel’s allegations are false. He added that medical staff in the emergency department, the only hospital unit still operating despite the dangers, were being evacuated.

Alameh, who is also a lawmaker for Hezbollah ally Amal, said he was ready for the Lebanese army or other observers to inspect the hospital to refute the claims.

Hezbollah cash vault hit

Meanwhile, Hagari, during the same address, said its forces were targeting Hezbollah’s financial operations, striking more than two dozen sites, including a bunker containing tens of millions of dollars in cash and gold.

“The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of precise strikes on these Hezbollah financial strongholds… One of our main targets last night was an underground vault with tens of millions of dollars in cash and gold. The money was being used to finance Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel,” he said.

However, the Israeli military spokesman did not specify whether all of the money was destroyed by the strike.

These strikes, which began on Sunday night, mark an expansion of Israel’s campaign against the Iran-backed group following a year of cross-border exchanges that escalated into a full-scale war in late September.

(With inputs from agencies)