In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down.

A photo taken by an Associated Press photographer shows an apparent Israeli smart bomb dropped in a Beirut suburb.

Associated Press images provide a striking look at the speed, power and devastation of modern warfare Taking cover behind a large tree, an Associated Press photographer pointed his camera toward a Beirut residential building the Israeli military warned was in its sights.