The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday said an underground bunker was found beneath a Beirut hospital following a night of airstrikes that targeted Hezbollah's financial network. During a press briefing, chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the bunker contained "at least $500 million in cash and gold."

Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, Israel's military said on Monday, adding it will not strike the facility as it keeps up attacks against the group's financial assets.

Israel on Monday said Hezbollah is hiding millions in gold and cash under a Lebanese hospital but will not target the building for attack.

Israel identified a Hezbollah bunker on Monday located beneath a Beirut hospital. Hezbollah is storing more than $500 million in gold and cash in the bunker, according to IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.

Israel has accused Hezbollah of allegedly hiding more than $500 million in gold and cash in a secret bunker beneath a Beirut hospital. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari has claimed soldiers have discovered a money bunker located beneath the al-Sahel hospital in southern Beirut,

The hospital's director insists the facility has not been used by Hezbollah, and that the only subterranean areas there are underground operating theatres. View on euronews