Assault on Israel – flights to Beirut and Tel Aviv suspended

Jordan’s nationwide service, Royal Jordanian, suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday “as a result of present scenario”, with out specifying the precise timing of the suspension. Officers informed the company Reutersthat no violations have been recorded in Jordanian airspace.

Air France mentioned on Sunday it was suspending flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut for at the very least 24 hours after Israel grounded flights in Lebanon.

“Right now and tomorrow’s flights have been suspended,” mentioned a spokesman for the airline, including that the suspension could possibly be prolonged relying on the scenario within the Center East.

British Airways mentioned it was suspending flights to and from Tel Aviv till Wednesday.

“We’re continuously monitoring the scenario within the Center East and have made the manager choice to droop our flights to and from Tel Aviv till and together with Wednesday 28 August,” mentioned a spokesperson for the airline.

“Security is all the time our prime precedence and we’re contacting clients to advise them on their journey choices.”

Lebanon’s Iran-linked Hezbollah motion fired a whole lot of rockets and drones at Israel on Sunday morning in response to the killing of its prime commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike on Beirut on July 30.

Israel’s navy mentioned its planes struck targets in Lebanon shortly earlier than the navy believed Hezbollah was making ready to launch assaults.

The most recent escalation in relations between Israel and Hezbollah comes amid fears within the area a couple of wider response from Iran and its regional backers to the killing of Palestinian Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31.

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