Stepping through the charred ruins of her neighbourhood in central Beirut, Lebanese seamstress Laila Amayrad watched bulldozers pick through a building flattened by an Israeli strike days ago, hoping her friends' bodies would be found.

An Israeli strike smashed into a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut causing a huge explosion after a warning was issued by the Israeli military on X. The strike comes as cease-fire negotiations continue between Israel and Lebanon.

Footage showed the strikes hit the multi-storey building, which topped in a cloud of smoke as civilians watched the high rise turn to dust.