Beirut residents watched as an Israeli air strike flattened an 11-storey building in Hezbollah’s southern stronghold.

Israel launched a missile at the middle of the tower block in broad daylight on Friday after urging residents to evacuate.

The raid followed intense Israeli attacks in recent days on the Iran-backed terror group’s south Beirut stronghold.

The Israeli military also issued warnings to part of the coastal city of Tyre in south Lebanon and swathes of nearby areas on Friday, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA).

The NNA said Israeli warplanes launched strikes on two buildings just inside Beirut’s southern suburbs, near the centre of the capital.

Footage captured the moments before a missile struck a tower block housing shops, a gym and apartments, located on an usually busy street in the heavily populated Shiyah district.