In the fight against the financial structures of the pro-Iranian terrorist militia Hezbollah, the Israeli army has attacked several buildings in the Lebanese capital Beirut in recent days. According to their own statements, the Israelis discovered a bunker under a hospital where Hezbollah’s gold and cash reserves worth about half a billion dollars are said to be located. The hospital is defending itself and has invited both UN representatives and international journalists to investigate Israel’s allegations.
Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari called on the Lebanese government and international organizations not to allow Hezbollah to use the assets stored under the Al-Sahel Clinic in southern Beirut for terrorist purposes and attacks on Israel. The Air Force was monitoring the area, he warned. But the hospital itself will not be attacked. “I want to emphasize: we are not at war with the Lebanese people,” Hagari said.
The hospital’s director, Fadi Alameh, denied the allegations and announced in an interview on Lebanese television that the hospital would be evacuated as a precaution. “The Israeli accusations are false and a way to justify the attacks on Lebanon and its facilities,” he wrote on Platform X.
Hospital boss: “These are trumped-up accusations”
He told Al Jadeed Television: “It is a private hospital. There are underground operating rooms, there are patients. There are no tunnels, no bunkers, these are made up claims.” Alameh called on the Lebanese army and the UN mission UNIFIL to search the building to prove whether there were ‘tunnels’ or not.
International journalists were invited on Tuesday to see it with their own eyes. They were given access to all parts of the health facility (see video above). Afterwards, the press representatives who took part in the tour reported that they had not found anything there that “would not have been present in another hospital”.
Israeli army: “Journalists were in the wrong place”
An Israeli army spokesman said the tour took place at the wrong location. The entrance to the bunker is in the basement of an adjacent building. “The entrance could be barricaded so that it is not easy to find. We invite you to come to this location for a local inspection,” was the message to the media.
Source: Krone
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