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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Beirut

Israel claims Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds millions of dollars

An Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the south of Beirut, Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the south of Beirut on Monday 21 October. Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP

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.

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