The hospital's director insists the facility has not been used by Hezbollah, and that the only subterranean areas there are underground operating theatres.
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00:00Israel's military spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, claims Israeli intelligence discovered a bunker
00:08belonging to former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah under a hospital in southern Beirut.
00:15He said the bunker, reportedly under the Al-Sahel Hospital in Beirut's Tahiyeh neighborhood,
00:20holds millions of dollars in gold and cash.
00:23This comes as Israel accuses Iran of sending money by planes to Iran's embassy in Beirut
00:29before sending it to Hezbollah.
00:31Right now, Hezbollah's financial network is based on two main sources of income.
00:38Money from the Iranian regime and money from the Lebanese people.
00:44Iran's Quds forces transfer money to Hezbollah from Iranian oil sold in Syria.
00:50Iran also sends suitcases of cash and gold by planes to the Iranian embassy in Beirut
00:57and then directly it goes to Hezbollah.
01:01Israeli strikes hit several branches of a financial institution linked to Hezbollah
01:05in recent days, but Hagari said it won't strike the Al-Sahel Hospital.
01:10Meanwhile, an Israeli strike near Beirut's Rafik Hariri University Hospital killed at
01:16least four and injured 32 late on Monday, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
01:22It was the first strike on the Lebanese capital in 10 days.
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