Missile from an Israeli jet strikes Beirut building

Israel has destroyed an apartment building in southern Beirut in an air strike photographed in rare detail.

Residents and reporters gathered 200m (218 yards) away from an apartment complex after Israel gave warnings in Arabic about targeting “Hezbollah facilities”.
About 40 minutes after the warnings, Israeli forces dropped what appears to be a 2,000 lb MK-84 bomb on the base of the eight-storey building.

Footage and images from the scene showed two bombs hitting, one immediately after the other, suggesting two missiles hit the ground floor of the building in Beirut’s Ghobeiry neighbourhood.

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[stevieiL]

Most demolition companies aren't that precise 😂

[doronl]

Note this is not an accidental smartphone footage. The cameraman knew where and when to position his camera because Israel warned ahead of time so that people could evacuate the building.

[HighMojo]

The missile was not targeting the building itself, it was targeting the bunker underneath.
The building just happened to be on top and collapsed once the bunker got destroyed.

[CodeShortsExclusive]

Crazy how they filmed that exact building and knew it was going to get hit

[nahahvarietychannel]

Precission. What Hizbollah expect when they invite Israel for a fight

[CybrPrieste]

The way the build sank, its a clear indication that there was a space underneath it.

[tylerowens]

The headline might more accurately say the bomb struck the Hezbollah bunker under the building in Lebanon.

[sdkfz]

This is not a missile or a 2000 pound bomb. Its a rather small israeli made LIZARD-4 percision bomb (500 pound and laser guided).

[nicksundberg]

And the crazy part is Isreal usually sends a heads up to civilians to get out of there

[doriandavila]

It's like all those people standing around knew that building was full of weapons or something.

[johnquinn]

Whats crazy is the building came straight down. The building to the left with no more then 5 ft separation was untouched.

[solodad]

Don't support terrorists & this doesn't happen!

[squatchpnw]

They took out that building with almost zero collateral damage what the heck kind of a bomb is that!?!!!!????

[Earthball]

Someone is making a video so he knew that missile is coming. That means Israel warned them.... This time Israel is right ( as a neutral supporter)

[eric]

The reason it went down so easily was because all the tunnels and caves dug under it, which compromised the foundation.

[gorilla]

Never seen such a powerful missile with such a destructive force.

[lavinialeme]

What military in war warns civilians of their enemy nation when attacking. Israel is a rare breed for sure.

[TheWizardprince]

These people and camera crews are so confident of Israeli accuracy that they gather in the vicinity of the target to capture the best footage. Normally, one would want to avoid that

[AaronBernstein-pwme]

IDF warns people prior.
Leave the bldg. and get 500 meters away. I would have left town. Those spectators show clearly, the level of mentality we're dealing with.

[nickduggan]

Crazy how something that probably took years to build is destroyed in a matter of seconds