Haifa: Israel’s underground hospital prepares for attack

The facility, close to the border with Lebanon, is on standby in the event of another war.

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Hundreds and hundreds of beds are lined up within its concrete walls.

There are operating theatres, a maternity ward, and medical supplies stacked up in corners.

But there are no patients – yet.

Rambam Medical Centre excavated this bunker after the Israel-Hezbollah war of 2006.

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