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Watch the moment an anti-tank shell hits a building in Beirut. More footage shows women and children being evacuated from the building after it was hit by a projectile. Reporters were hiding in the building before it was targeted. Just recently, the Lebanese Army announced that it has identified some of the militants who fired at the protesters and is pursuing them, according to the Al-Mayadeen TV channel.

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Watch Moment Residents Evacuated as Anti-Tank Shell Hits Building in Beirut

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© AFP 2023 / ANWAR AMROCivilians evacuate their homes during clashes in the area of Tayouneh, in the southern suburb of the capital Beirut on October 14, 2021, following a demonstration by supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal movement.

Civilians evacuate their homes during clashes in the area of Tayouneh, in the southern suburb of the capital Beirut on October 14, 2021, following a demonstration by supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal movement. - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.10.2021

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A military operation in Lebanon's capital of Beirut was launched on Thursday after unknown gunmen opened fire on a group of people heading to the Justice Palace to protest against the judge investigating the deadly explosion in the city's port in August 2020.

Watch the moment an anti-tank shell hits a building in Beirut.

The exact moment an anti-tank shell hits a building in Beirut pic.twitter.com/1u0KDze0mg
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) October 14, 2021

More footage shows women and children being evacuated from the building after it was hit by a projectile. Reporters were hiding in the building before it was targeted.

Militants fired three RPGs at buildings in #Beirut’s Tayouneh district, where a military operation is going on. One shell hit the 3rd floor of a building where journalists were hiding, but the incident led to no casualties. Video shows women and kids being evacuated from building pic.twitter.com/orzSdFU1Wf
— Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) October 14, 2021

Just recently, the Lebanese Army announced that it has identified some of the militants who fired at the protesters and is pursuing them, according to the Al-Mayadeen TV channel.