Yesterday marked a very critical event with Israeli military officials claiming something similar to athriller: al-Sahel hospital in Beirut has got massive underground bunker complex snatching hundreds ofmillions of dollars worth gold and cash reserves of Hezollah making up one of the episodes for a thrillingaction movie, the officials.
A MILITARY TARGET REVEALS A SENSITIVE LOCATION
The complexity of the situation is attributed to the unfortunate fact of this being a medical establishment.Despite being ambush targets, Oren says Israeli military spokesmen have made it clear they will not hit the hospital, which constitutes an unusual discipline in the ever escalating fight.
A STROKED AND DECISIVE LEBANESE REACTION AND QUER COUNTER OFFENSIVE
Lebanon’s response was, however, instant and decisive. Fadi Alameh, who functions as both a lawmakers Shiite Amal Movement in Lebanon and director of the hospital, retorted Israel’s claims in his statement made to Reuters. He went ahead to invite the Lebanese Army to come and look for the facility and the Liberians will not find anything but operating theatres, patients, a mortuary and other normal hospital activities. Evacuation procedures of the patients have been ordered by the hospital as a preventive measure.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND NASRALLAH’S LEGACY
The Israeli intelligence makes the other aspect of the situation more complex which claims that SayyedHassan Nasrallah, who has been recently killed by Israelis, was the one who issued the orders to build upthe bunker. ‘It was built for the long term,’ they claim, ‘and therefore it is highly likely to be more than amere storage unit.’
INTERNATIONAL APPEALS AND MILITARY STRATEGY
The Israeli military seems to have gone a step further and directly appealed to the Lebanese andinternational organization jurisdictions asking for the protection of these resources from being used byHezbollah against Israel. Operations are in progress to oversee the hospital area but they have repeatedlystressed their will not employ force against the health structure.
ONGOING MILITARY OPERATIONS
The problem does not stop at the level of this single structure. One night, the Israeli army Chief of StaffHerzi Halevi revealed, their Air Force attacked around thirty places which, according to Israel, are relatedto Al Qard al Hassan, which is said to be the financial wing of the Hezbollah. As military officials havealso stated, these attacks on Hezbollah sources of finance will continue.
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