His fate is unclear, although Hezbollah sources have told Sky News that he survived.
Many of the civilians in and around the building did not.
Image: Search and rescuers have been scouring through the rubble
We watched as search and rescuers scoured through the rubble. The chance of finding any survivors is remote.
The building is just a mass of debris. Some of the walls of the buildings nearby have been blown out.
You can look in at the lives destroyed by this explosion. Family portraits still hang on the walls.
Image: The target of the attack was a senior Hezbollah official
We met Ibrahim as he packed up his things to move away from the area.
He’s fearful about what comes next: “What do you want me to tell you? What happened was extremely scary.
“The sound was so loud, the building started to shake as if it was an earthquake. Now we came back to take our stuff and go stay by the seaside.”
The attack on this area is a significant escalation by Israel. It was thought to be relatively safe – away from the Hezbollah stronghold, Dahieh, in southern Beirut.
In fact, many of the families that were here at the time of the airstrikes had fled those areas, hoping to find sanctuary.
The fact they did not has left many people now wondering, is anywhere still safe in the capital?
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