Israeli warplanes fired missiles at runways at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut and struck at other targets in southern Lebanon early Thursday.
The airstrikes at the airport shut down the facility and had may end up stranding thousands of visitors at the peak of tourist season, The New York Times reported. The strikes in southern Lebanon added to the civilian death toll in the renewed round of fighting, the newspaper said.
The Israeli military said Rafik Hariri was targeted because the facility is used to deliver weapons shipments to the militant group Hezbollah.
Israel began shelling Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Wednesday after two Israeli soldiers were taken captive along the border.
The Israeli raid came in response to a Hezbollah border raid in which at least eight Israeli soldiers were killed, the Times reported.
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