It took less than five seconds for the building in southern Beirut to be reduced to rubble.
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.
In another video, one man can be seen running from the strike as a colossal bang rings out.
“They targeted two buildings, not one,” a man can be heard shouting in the third video.
Two explosions can be heard in several of the videos, although it unclear where the second blast came from.
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