Watch | Israel launches new missile strike in Beirut, levels a building hours after evacuation order

An Israeli airstrike flattened a building near one of Beirut’s busiest traffic junctions, Tayouneh, shaking the Lebanese capital. The targeted building was located in an area where the southern suburbs meet other parts of the city, a more central target than most that Israel has hit.

A series of images from the strike capture a falling projectile slamming into the lower floors of the building, erupting in a huge fireball, causing the structure to collapse.

IDF strike on a building in the Dahiya suburb of Beirut today. pic.twitter.com/qGEs2t59ST

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It comes after the US ambassador to Lebanon submitted a draft truce proposal on Thursday to Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri, who is endorsed by Hezbollah to negotiate, reported by Reuters.

The draft was Washington’s first written proposal to halt fighting between its ally Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah in at least several weeks, the sources said. The sources did not provide details about the contents of the proposal.

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La ocupación continúa destruyendo edificios residenciales en el suburbio sur de la capital libanesa, Beirut. pic.twitter.com/jGFMP4O6pl

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Ahead of the latest airstrikes, the Israeli military issued a warning on social media identifying buildings in the southern suburbs and telling residents to evacuate, saying they were near Hezbollah facilities.

The sound of an incoming missile could be heard in footage showing the airstrike near Tayouneh. The targeted building turned into a cloud of rubble and debris which billowed into the adjacent Horsh Beirut, the city’s main park.

IDF strike on a building in the Dahiya suburb of Beirut today. pic.twitter.com/qGEs2t59ST

— Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) November 15, 2024

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported a “heavy raid carried out by aircraft of the Israeli enemy” in the Ghobeiri area, near Horsh Beirut, the capital’s largest park.

It said the raid had been preceded by two missile strikes on the same target by an Israeli drone.

The evacuation order posted on X by Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee told residents to leave, warning of imminent strikes.

“All residents in the southern suburbs, specifically … in the Ghobeiri area, you are located near facilities and interests affiliated with Hezbollah,” Adraee said in an Arabic-language post on X.

“For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately.”

With inputs from agencies.