Taking cover behind a large tree, an Associated Press photographer pointed his camera toward a Beirut apartment building the Israeli military warned was in its sights. “I heard the sound of the missile whistling,

According to The New York Post, the multi-story building was reportedly located in the Tayouneh neighbourhood, next to Horsh Beirut, a city park. The viral video of the incident showed that the impact of the missile attack was so catastrophic that it caused the entire structure to collapse instantly within a few seconds.

A video shows an Israeli missile striking a Beirut building, which had been evacuated due to an earlier warning from the Israeli military. The attack caused severe destruction but no casualties. AP photographer Bilal Hussein documented the moment,

At least 18 people were killed, including four children, and 60 were wounded in an Israeli strike on Monday near Beirut's main government hospital, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

It came in a flash, almost too quick for the naked eye but captured perfectly in a rare sequence by an Associated Press photographer.

This is the moment a Beirut building block collapsed after Israel dropped a suspected 2,000lb bomb. Eyewitness footage captured the building in the Ghobeiry area in southern Beirut collapsing after the missile strike on Tuesday (22 October).

The Israeli army said it targeted overnight Hezbollah weapons manufacturing and storage sites located in civilian areas of the Lebanese capital. Video: Israeli army.

Extraordinary footage has captured a high-rise building being blown up in Beirut as the death toll from another Israeli strike rises.