JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck early Wednesday morning  a large building in Beirut, in what appears to be another asset belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Civilians in Lebanon documented the dramatic moments as Israeli fighter jets dropped munitions on the building, resulting in a fireball, the immediate collapse of the structure, and a large plume of smoke.

WATCH: Entire structure brought down in central Beirut, Lebanon after Israeli airstrikes pic.twitter.com/qdOzmwkwhx

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Meanwhile, an IDF spokesperson announced early this morning: “Following the evacuation of residents from the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, and in response to fire toward Israeli territory, the IDF has begun a wave of strikes against infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.”

Last night, the IDF spokesperson also stated:
“The Air Force has, in the past hour, struck launchers and Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon as part of efforts to disrupt and thwart fire toward the State of Israel. In rapid ‘closing-the-loop’ operations, launch squads and launchers were targeted before firing or shortly after launches occurred.”

“Since the beginning of Operation ‘Roaring Lion,’ the IDF has struck hundreds of rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah across Lebanon in order to remove threats to Israeli civilians.”