Israel has pinpointed a bunker allegedly containing hundreds of millions of dollars in Hezbollah gold and cash beneath a major hospital in the Lebanese capital, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, has claimed.
The statement came as Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Beirut, targeting the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association – a banking system it claims is operated by the Lebanese-based Hezbollah movement.
“The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of precise strikes on these Hezbollah financial strongholds,” Hagari said in a statement on Monday, adding that the attacks aim to degrade the group’s ability to finance its attacks on Israelis.
The IDF has struck one underground vault beneath a residential building, which held millions in cash and gold, he claimed. However, another major target that has yet to be struck is a bunker supposedly belonging to late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who the IDF killed in late September, the spokesman added.
The vault is reportedly located “directly under El Sahel Hospital in the heart of Beirut in Dakhia,” Hagari claimed, adding that there are “hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold inside the bunker right now.”
