Plumes of smoke were seen across Beirut as the city has been rocked by multiple blasts.
The moment of one of the explosions was captured by BBC World Service correspondent, Nafiseh Kohnavard.
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega, reported from a car as he described scenes of chaos in the Dahieh district.
Israel’s military says it attacked Hezbollah’s “central headquarters” in the Dahieh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold.
