BEIRUT (AP) — As a bomb descended on a multi-story apartment building in Beirut's Tayouneh area Friday, hundreds of onlookers gathered in the street at a traffic roundabout several hundred meters (yards) away.
A bomb dropped from an Israel i jet prepares to hit a building in Tayouneh, Beirut , Lebanon , Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. A bomb dropped from an Israel i jet prepares to hit a building in Tayouneh, Beirut , Lebanon , Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. A bomb dropped from an Israel i jet hits a building in Tayouneh, Beirut , Lebanon , Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israel i airstrike on Tayouneh, Beirut , Lebanon , Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.
However, Ammar had different associations with the building. He had grown up less than a kilometer from it, and he had been there on multiple occasions. But in later years, Ammar said, he visited the building “many times.” There was a notary public on the first floor, and next door was a sports supply store where he used to shop. Next to the building was a cemetery where his family had loved ones buried.Israel demolishes village at the heart of Bedouin minority’s struggle over land
When he heard the sound of the projectile overhead, Ammar had his camera already trained on the building set to a high shutter speed, and he began snapping photos immediately, capturing the bomb in mid-air and as it descended, ending with a massive explosion.Richard Weir, a senior crisis, conflict and arms researcher at Human Rights Watch, reviewed close-up photos of Friday’s bomb to determine what type of weapon was used.
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