As Israeli forces continue their campaign across Lebanon, a missile strike on a Beirut apartment building was documented in real-time by an Associated Press photographer. The dramatic images offer a chilling glimpse into the destructive power of modern warfare and the escalating tension in the region.

It came in a flash, almost too quick for the naked eye but captured perfectly in a rare sequence by an Associated Press photographer.

The health ministry says at least four people are dead after a strike near southern Beirut's Rafik Hariri University Hospital.