Dramatic CCTV footage captured the moment a huge blast struck the Lau Medical Center Rizk Hospital in Beirut on Tuesday, shattering glass and ripping doors from their frames. Thousands were injured after the explosion tore through the Lebanese capital, killing over 150 people and destroying a large swathe of the city.
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Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. No recent population census has been conducted, but 2007 estimates ranged from slightly more than 1 million to 2.2 million as part of Greater Beirut, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region and the fifteenth-largest in the Arab world.
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