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Global News Podcast

Israel identifies 'Hezbollah bunker full of cash and gold' under Beirut hospital

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Israel says it has identified a Hezbollah bunker 'full of cash and gold' under a Beirut hospital. Also: research into how clock changes in the UK affect mood, and why an airport is limiting farewell hugs.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:03.5

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

0:07.5

This edition is published in the early hours of Tuesday the 22nd of October.

0:11.5

Israel says it's identified a Hezbollah bunker full of cash and gold under a hospital in Beirut,

0:17.6

but says it won't strike the hospital itself.

0:20.6

A British police officer has been cleared of murder after he shot an unarmed black man in the head two years ago

0:26.8

and the world's biggest conference on biodiversity has opened in Colombia.

0:36.6

Also in this podcast, when we experience a big disruption like a changing of the clock or a change in our routine, if we cope well

0:41.2

with it time seems to pass more quickly and if we cope poorly with it time seems to pass more slowly.

0:47.0

A new study into how we cope with clock changes in the UK.

1:07.0

Once again, the night skies above the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut have been lit up by explosions as Israel struck targets it said were linked to Hezbollah. One air strike hit near Raffique Hariri Hospital, the main government medical facility, which was not one of the areas told to

1:15.0

evacuate by Israel. According to the Lebanese Health Ministry four people were

1:19.6

killed including a child while 24 others were wounded. The Israeli military earlier said it had identified

1:26.0

a Hezbollah bunker concealed under a different hospital, which it said held at least half a billion

1:31.9

dollars worth of cash and gold.

1:34.0

Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the money was being used to finance Hezbollah attacks on Israel.

1:40.0

He said Israel was monitoring the compound but wouldn't strike the hospital itself.

1:44.8

He presented computer graphics but no hard evidence to support the claim.

1:49.2

His Bala built this bunker directly underneath this hospital.

1:54.4

There are hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold inside the bunker right now.

2:02.3

I'm calling on the Lebanese government and the international

2:06.2

organizations don't allow Hezbollah to use the money to attack Israel.

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