People scramble to airport over fears of all-out conflict in Lebanon | World News [Video]

There are long lines at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport as the window to flee Lebanon is closing down amid concerns that the conflict in the Middle East will escalate.

Tensions in the region have spiralled in the last week after Israel assassinated the head of Hamas in Tehran, and killed a top commander in Hezbollah in a strike on the capital’s southern suburbs.

Both Hezbollah and Iran vowed to retaliate, and an attack on Israel is expected in 48 hours, according to Axios, citing US secretary of state Antony Blinken.

Britain, Ireland, Italy, France, Australia, Canada, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Jordan have all urged their citizens to leave Lebanon while commercial flights are still available.

Multiple airlines operating to and from the Mediterranean country’s only airport have already been suspended or cancelled. 

Foreign secretary David Lammy repeated the travel warning on Saturday, saying: ‘Tensions are high and the situation could deteriorate rapidly.

‘While we are working …