### Journalist Captures Missiles Destroying Beirut Building Frame by Frame

In Beirut, an Associated Press photographer captured the harrowing moments when an Israeli missile obliterated a residential building. Seeking shelter behind a large tree, Bilal Hussein aimed his camera at the targeted structure, forewarned by the Israeli military. Within moments, the missile descended, enabling Hussein to document its devastating trajectory in a stark series of photographs.

The incident occurred on Tuesday after an Israeli military spokesman issued a social media warning in Arabic, advising those in Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate the vicinity of two buildings. The warning came due to their proximity to "interests and facilities" linked to Hezbollah, a militant group. This advance notice allowed many residents to flee the densely populated neighborhood, leaving the building vacant by the time of the strike, resulting in no reported casualties.

Before the main missile struck, two smaller projectiles had been fired at the rooftop as warning shots, a tactic often employed by Israel in prior conflicts in Gaza. These preliminary strikes gave a clear signal of the impending, more destructive attack. Hussein's vigilant lens caught the primary missile soaring through the air and then milliseconds before it crashed into a lower-floor balcony, eventually capturing the resulting cloud of smoke and debris as the building crumbled.

Hussein described the grim experience, detailing how he heard the missile’s whistle before it hit the building. His images, depicting the missile's powerful path of destruction, underscore the raw speed and force of modern warfare.

This sequence of events on Tuesday provides a vivid illustration of the intense and destructive nature of the conflict, recorded meticulously by Hussein's camera.