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submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

Israel has accused Hezbollah 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.

The Sahel hospital in Dahiyeh was evacuated shortly afterwards, and Fadi Alame, its director, told Reuters that the allegations were untrue.

Israel did not provide evidence for its claim that cash was being kept under the hospital. Instead, it published an animated graphic that purported to show a bunker under the hospital and said it had previously been used to hide the former secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.

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[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

Eat shit, Netenyahu.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago
[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 hours ago

This is Israel's setup for bombing a damn hospital. Not that they've ever cared about needing an excuse, before.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 5 points 5 hours ago

Me trying to get the monarchs of Spain to finance my trip to india: El Dorado is out there, I swear.

My great-great-great-great-grear-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-geat-great-great-grandchild:

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

An animated graphic as evidence to strike a hospital... Where have I heard that before... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pTYHBZVgVQ

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 7 points 7 hours ago

Fun fact: Shifa hospital had tunnels under it because Israel built them when they occupied Gaza.

[-] HorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 hours ago

Can't believe Hamas had a red barrel room.

[-] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 31 points 16 hours ago

Israel did not provide evidence for its claim that cash was being kept under the hospital. Instead, it published an animated graphic that purported to show a bunker under the hospital

Um, what? Anyone with Blender experience could do that. Man, this part of the conflict is gonna be a whole fucking thing in the history books. I wish I was more cynical so I could get over the fact that other countries don't seem to give a shit about the blatant lies and terrorist carnage.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 20 points 15 hours ago

"There are Arabs living in my walls, stealing money out of my wallet. They got my millions! Send lethal aid!"

  • Grandpa Israel
[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 20 points 15 hours ago

Is this what the 1930s were like?

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago

More or less, minus the CGI.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago

Reminds me of Gliwice provocation, also with the level of idiocy and/or nazism required to believe it.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago
[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

Is crypto hurting you right now?

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Does CGI do it to you too?

[-] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

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 Lebanon. At least four people including a child were killed and 24 injured in the strike, and the hospital suffered “major damage” from the blast.

The initial casualty count was expected to rise as first responders continued digging through the rubble for people. A picture of the building struck in front of Rafik Hairi hospital showed a man covered in blood lying lifeless in a bombed-out building.

Israel won't stop targeting hospitals

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago

What's next, schools? Oh, wait. Well, surely not public infra—nevermind. At least kids are safe? No? All right then.

[-] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 108 points 21 hours ago

Remember when they bothered to pretend that Hamas was blowing up their own hospitals because it would obviously be a war crime to target hospitals? I remember that.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 23 points 16 hours ago

Remember how that false narrative was believed by virtually every mainstream liberal and the only countervailing voices were the usual (left / local) sources that continue to be dismissed by mainstream liberals?

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 38 points 18 hours ago

Remember when Israel claimed that there was a multi-story Hamas command center under the Al-Shifa hospital, even sharing an animated rendering of it, and Biden said he believed it “no question in my mind?” The Israelis destroyed the hospital and found nothing but bragged that they found proof in the form of a gun in one of the rooms.

[-] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 33 points 18 hours ago

They did also find a calendar in Arabic, which was pretty harrowing. I hope the IDF soldiers involved got intensive therapy for the trauma.

[-] mitexleo@buddyverse.one 1 points 12 hours ago

There was a list :)

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 19 hours ago

They also claimed Hamas was beheading babies. Still waiting on that evidence.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago

Joe Biden confirmed it by repeating it over and over again. Why would I need more evidence than that?

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 18 hours ago

In fairness, IIRC that was an American media lie to onboard the public. All I've heard from Israel about it was along the lines of "We don't know about it, we don't doubt it could have happened and we won't investigate."

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

It was an american president lie too.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 15 points 16 hours ago

It came from IDF propagandists that gave statements to reporters who then repeated it without question. It was repeated and amplified by the White House and eventually Genocide Joe.

[-] Korkki@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago

Wasn't there that Gazan hospital that they occupied and destroyed and claimed it was legitimate target, because they found box cutters and binoculars? Tools that were totally used by Hamas soldiers hiding under the Hospital..

[-] chillBurner@lemmy.ml 16 points 16 hours ago

You know how the saying goes

"you run into a jerk, that jerk is likely the jerk. Run into many jerks, and you might just be the jerk"

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 10 points 12 hours ago

I always heard it as:
If everyone you meet is an asshole, you're probably the asshole...

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 33 points 18 hours ago

I legit had to check whether this was The Onion. This is such an absurd thing to announce it seems like a parody of their actions.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 33 points 19 hours ago

What a strange thing to announce. Everything Israel says is a lie, but even still, so what if Hezbollah does store it there? I don’t understand why anyone is supposed to care how or where Hezbollah might store cash & gold on their own lands.

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 hours ago

The goal is not really to kill civilians or even to harm Hezbollah. The goal is to destroy vital services to further destabilize the country.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 17 hours ago

Israelis don't believe it is their land. That's the rub

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 54 points 20 hours ago

Another Al Shifa. Magazines next to MRI machine. Terrorists calendar.
We know all the tricks.

I'm scary. What will happen after the US elections?
Full invasion? Next Gaza?

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 19 hours ago

Israel is known for lying about hospitals.

[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 28 points 19 hours ago

Israel has accused Hezbollah of keeping hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker under a hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut,

Once again, it’s THEIR FUCKING COUNTRY WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING THERE

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 45 points 21 hours ago

I'd be nervous if I was a worker or patient in that hospital right now...

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 47 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

There is a word for it when it was deliberate done by someone to instill this... What was it again...

Oh yeah.

Terrorism!

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 32 points 20 hours ago

That's why they evacuated it, they know Israel would bomb it. They've targeted hospitals and abundances in Lebanon before (and Gaza as well, of course).

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Surprised they called their shot, they usually like it to be a surprise so people can't evacuate

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 18 hours ago

I saw this episode of Geraldo.

[-] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 8 points 20 hours ago

Israel appealed to the Lebanese government to confiscate the money

Has the Lebanese government responded to any of these claims? I haven't heard much from the government itself. I've just been assuming they might as well be innocent bystanders praying "oh god not again".

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

How is a govt supposed to respond to baseless, terrorist threats?

[-] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Who do you think put it there? 🤔

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