The Israeli military said on Monday that "Hezbollah" has hidden hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, adding that they will not strike the facility as attacks on the group's financial assets continue.
Fadi Alameh, a Lebanese MP from the Shia party "Amal Movement" and director of the Al-Sahel hospital in question, told Reuters that Israel is making false and defamatory claims and called on the Lebanese army to visit it and show that it only has operating rooms, patients and a morgue.
Alameh said the hospital was being evacuated. The Israeli military said they had no intention of striking the medical facility.
Reuters could not independently verify the details provided by Israel's top military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, which he said had been gathered by Israeli intelligence for years.
"Reuters" could not contact "Hezbollah" for comment.
In a televised statement, Hagari said that the former leader of "Hezbollah" Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel killed last month, built the bunker, which is designed for a long stay.
"There are hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in the bunker right now. I call on the Lebanese government, Lebanese authorities and international organizations - do not allow "Hezbollah" to use the money for terror and to attack Israel," Hagari said.
"The Israeli Air Force is monitoring the compound as you can see. However, we will not strike the hospital itself," Hagari said.
Chief of the Israeli General Staff Herzi Halevi told the military in Lebanon that during the night between Sunday and Monday the planes hit about 30 objects belonging to the " Al-Qard al-Hasan, which Israel says is the financial arm of Hezbollah.
Hagari said that more strikes are to be made on financial sites of "Hezbollah".