Major airlines suspend flights to Tel Aviv after Hamas attack

Mon, 10/09/2023 - 08:30

People waiting in line at an airport. — People wait in the departing section at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday after many flights from abroad are canceled due to the attacks by Hamas in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Major airlines have canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv.
Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has since declared a state of war.

Major airlines around the world have suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Saturday and fired thousands of rockets into central and southern Israel, resulting in hundreds of casualties.