- Airlines halt flights to Israel, Lebanon
- British Airways, Air France suspend flights
- Hezbollah-Israel conflict escalates further
Multiple airlines have stopped flights to Israel following the most intense confrontations between Israeli soldiers and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza.
British Airways announced on Sunday that it will postpone all flights to and from Israel until Wednesday, while Air France said it would suspend services to Tel Aviv and Beirut until Monday.
Etihad, Ethiopian Airlines, and Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz have also notified the cancellation of flights to Tel Aviv slated for Sunday.
Virgin Atlantic announced that it would extend its earlier suspension of flights between London and Tel Aviv until September 25 after conducting a review of the situation.
Meanwhile, Jordan’s Royal Jordanian airline canceled flights to Beirut on Sunday, citing the “current situation,” according to state-run news agency Petra.
Lufthansa announced on Friday that it will extend its suspension of flights to Beirut until the end of September. The airline has announced that it will not fly to Tel Aviv or Tehran until September 2.
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Delta Air Lines, located in Atlanta, Georgia, announced last week that it will prolong its flight ban to Israel until at least October 31, after American Airlines’ similar declaration.
Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv paused operations for almost two hours early Sunday morning as Israeli troops conducted air attacks on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, forcing incoming flights to be diverted.
Israel’s military said it conducted the strikes with roughly 100 jets after discovering that Hezbollah was about to assault central Israel at 5 a.m., while the Lebanese organization said it shot hundreds of drones and rockets across the Israel-Lebanon border.
In a televised statement, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah disputed that Israel had anticipated the attack and refuted Israeli claims that its troops had destroyed the Lebanese group’s missile launchers.
Nasrallah stated that the organization launched its attack in retribution for the death of commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month.
