<p>Beirut: The Lebanese authorities on Saturday issued precautionary guidance for evacuating Beirut International Airport and its surrounding facilities in case of emergency, as tensions rise on the Lebanese-Israeli border.</p>.<p>The guidance for Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, which lies on the southern fringe of the capital, did not indicate any immediate escalation on the border.</p><p>There have been daily but relatively contained exchanges of fire there recently between Israel and the heavily armed Lebanese group Hezbollah.</p><p>The message comes after Israel's military widened its air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight.</p><p>In 2006, the airport's runways were hit by Israeli airstrikes, forcing it to close, as part of reprisals following Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers.</p>
<p>Beirut: The Lebanese authorities on Saturday issued precautionary guidance for evacuating Beirut International Airport and its surrounding facilities in case of emergency, as tensions rise on the Lebanese-Israeli border.</p>.<p>The guidance for Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, which lies on the southern fringe of the capital, did not indicate any immediate escalation on the border.</p><p>There have been daily but relatively contained exchanges of fire there recently between Israel and the heavily armed Lebanese group Hezbollah.</p><p>The message comes after Israel's military widened its air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight.</p><p>In 2006, the airport's runways were hit by Israeli airstrikes, forcing it to close, as part of reprisals following Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers.</p>