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 and said it had previously been used to hide the former secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. Israel appealed to the Lebanese government to confiscate the money it said the Shia militant organisation had stolen from the Lebanese people.

Shortly after, Israel issued a series of warnings to residents of Dahiyeh that it would begin striking buildings in the area and that they should move at least 500 metres away. Those who remained in the area began to flee.

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  • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Does anyone still actually believe this garbage?

    At this point, even the people hopping into every thread to defend Israel’s genocide must know they’re full of shit

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      2 months ago

      I actually had to do a double take and realize this was not an onion article.

      S…sure, sure, we gotta take out this hospital because ub. uhm… its… got buried treasure!

      What are we, 2 months away from ‘this hospital had a nuclear bomb in it!’?

      We found the Ark of the Covenant! Hezbollah is hiding it under an orphanage!

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        2 months ago

        What are we, 2 months away from ‘this hospital had a nuclear bomb in it!’?

        Spoiler: The call mushroom cloud was coming from inside outside the house hospital 😱