Israel army bombs Hezbollah cash, gold
JERUSALEM—The Israeli army said Monday its forces targeted Hezbollah’s financial arm, hitting more than two dozen targets, including a bunker with tens of millions of dollars in cash and gold.
Israeli forces are now seeking to degrade the Shiite Muslim movement’s ability to fund its operations.
“The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of precise strikes on these Hezbollah financial strongholds,” rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a televised briefing.
“One of our main targets last night was an underground vault with tens of millions of dollars in cash and gold. The money was being used to finance Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel.”
Hagari then referenced a separate bunker also allegedly filled with cash and gold under the Sahel hospital in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, but said the vault had not been targeted yet by the Israeli military.
‘False’ allegation
“According to the estimates we have, there is at least half a billion dollars in dollar bills and gold stored in this bunker,” Hagari said.
Fadi Alameh, who heads the hospital, told AFP that Israel’s “allegations are false.”
Earlier Monday, the military said targets belonging to Al-Qard al–Hassan—a financial firm linked to Hezbollah—were hit.
