Sahel hospital evacuated despite Israel saying it would not attack it although at least four people died in nearby strikes
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.
Airstrikes began about an hour later, with strong explosions heard across the Beirut area. One of the strikes hit just in front of the entrance of the Rafik Hariri university hospital, the largest public hospital in. At least four people including a child were killed and 24 injured in the strike, and the hospital suffered “major damage” from the blast.
Fears had proliferated that hospitals would be struck in the greater Beirut area after the Israeli allegations, which echoed similar The announcement that Israel would start targeting the bank, a part of Hezbollah’s civilian institutions, signified an expansion of the scope of Israel’s targets from just the group’s military wing. The institution had sanctions placed on it by the US in 2017 during the Trump administration for giving Hezbollah access to the international financial system, according to the US Treasury.
At least 10 airstrikes were carried out in Dahiyeh, causing an entire building to collapse and a jet of fire to stream into the air in the Chiyah neighbourhood. A building close to Lebanon’s only commercial airport was also struck – video footage showed a smoke plume billowing while a nearby plane sat on the runway.
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