US has 'not seen evidence' of Hezbollah bunker underneath Sahel hospital

The U.S. has “not seen evidence” at this point that there is a Hezbollah bunker underneath al-Sahel hospital in southern Beirut, as Israel has alleged, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters traveling with him in Rome on Wednesday.

Asked by CNN about the Israeli claims, Austin said, “We’ve not seen evidence of that at this point, but you know, we’ll continue to collaborate with our Israeli counterparts to gain better fidelity on exactly what they’re looking at.”

Austin last weekend said he wanted to see Israel scale back its strikes around Beirut, but Israel has not heeded that call and has expanded its strikes around the city.