Watch: BBC correspondent records moment air strike hits Beirut

BBC reporters capture the moment and aftermath of an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon.

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The moment of one of the explosions was captured by BBC World Service correspondent, Nafiseh Kohnavard.

The BBC's Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega, reported from a car as he described scenes of chaos in the Dahieh district.

Israel's military says it attacked Hezbollah's "central headquarters" in the Dahieh neighbourhood, a Hezbollah stronghold.

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