Video shows Beirut residential building leveled by Israeli airstrike
An Israeli airstrike that demolished a residential building in southern Beirut was captured in several videos as Israel's assault on Lebanon's capital goes on.
It took less than five seconds for the building in southern Beirut to be reduced to rubble.
Residents heard the whoosh and watched as a missile slammed into the bottom of the multistory building, which then sank to the ground, a huge plume of gray smoke rising and debris flying after the strike.
Videos circulating on social media and verified by NBC News, showed several men watching the strike on Lebanon's capital from a distance, standing by their cars as the building crumples. Others drove their motorbikes away from the scene.
In another video, one man can be seen running from the strike as a colossal bang rings out. Four other men hurry away as one warns the others to “move back so that the flying stones do not fall on you.”
A third video that captures the strike from afar shows a cloud of dust washing through the neighborhood.
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