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He is known as the Hebrew language as “Ntbg”, which is the main airport in Israel, and was named after its first Prime Minister (David bin Gurwin). He was built by the British Mandate authorities in the twentieth century on the land of Palestine, and he benefited militarily, but his most prominent development was in the nineties.
Facility and establishment
The establishment of the airport dates back to 1936, and the British Mandate authorities built it on the land of Palestine, and then he was known as the “Wellama” airport in the name of the Ottoman German colony that was adjacent to it, and then was later known as “Lod Airport”.
Before the approval of the division of Palestine in November 1947, rumors of the airport delivery spread to the Arab army, but other reports indicated that the British stayed for a longer period during which they were killed by a number of Arabs inside it.
After the British left Palestine and the airport emptiness from the employees and stopped working amid great chaos, he underwent a short period of control of the Arab forces, before the Israeli army seized it in July 1948 in the Danny operation.
In late 1948, the occupation authorities decided to change the name of the airport to “Bin Goureen” after the death of its first prime minister, and he underwent expansion and renewal work, and its modern form emerged in the nineties of the twentieth century.
The airport witnessed an evolution with the establishment of the “Israeli Airports Authority” in the 1970s, and more flourished in the nineties when a new building was built with the aim of expanding, and increasing the accommodation of more than international -style travelers.
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The airport is located in central Israel on the northern side of the city of Lod, about 40 km from Jerusalem, and about 15-20 km from the Tel Aviv Center, near the Highway No. 1 linking it and Jerusalem.
Structuring
The airport includes two main halls, the first for international flights and its number (3), and the second for low -cost domestic and international flights and its number (1), in addition to 3 runways, and a landing of helicopters.
The airport runs 4 main departments, namely:
- Management of ground operations.
- Maintenance management.
- Passenger service management.
- Security Department.
Targeting
- On July 11, 2014, the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip bombed Ben Gurion Airport, during the battle of “eaten storm”, and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) claimed responsibility for the attack, explaining that it fired three M75 missiles. The occupation authorities stated that the Iron Dome system system The missiles intercepted and dropped them outside the Tel Aviv range, while the airport administration confirmed the closure of the air facility for 9 minutes.
- On August 22, 2014, the Palestinian resistance renewed the bombing of Tel Aviv and the vicinity of Ben Gurion Airport, in addition to a number of Israeli towns adjacent to the sector, in response to the Israeli aggression at the time.
- On May 12, 2021, during the Battle of “Saif Al -Quds”, the Palestinian resistance targeted Ben Gurion Airport with missiles, one of which fell near the airport, which led to a temporary suspension of the flight. Israeli television broadcast direct scenes of bombing, while local media reported that the flights coming to Greece and Cyprus have been transferred.
- In September 2024, the Yemeni Houthi group announced targeting Ben Gurion Airport with a ballistic missile, coinciding with the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the United States.
- On November 6, 2024, the occupation announced that the Lebanese Hezbollah launched 10 missiles towards central Israel, one of which fell near the airport, while most of them were intercepted, and the Israeli Channel 12 confirmed that the airline was temporarily stopped at the airport after the attack, without registering human injuries.
- In the aftermath of an Israeli bombing of Sanaa and Hodeidah, the Houthi group announced the targeting of Ben Gurion Airport on December 27, 2024 with a sound missile, forcing the authorities to suspend the decline of flights for half an hour.
- On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the Houthis announced the targeting of the airport with two ballistic missiles, in their fifth operation towards the airport in a row. The Israeli army later reported that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen Monday evening before he penetrated the atmosphere, while I mentioned Israeli Broadcasting CorporationThe objection process took place inside the Israeli airspace, and resulted in fragments falling in the vicinity of the site. The Houthis had announced, earlier, the implementation of three strikes at the airport in the previous 48 hours.
- On May 4, 2025, the Israeli occupation army announced a missile fired from Yemen at Ben Gurion Airport. The Israeli Army Radio quoted a military source as saying that the American “Thaad” and “Haytis” systems failed to intercept the Yemeni missile, at a time when millions of Israelis went to the shelters.
The Israeli media reported that the Air Defense Command had opened an official investigation after the missile fell in the area. The Israeli Channel 12 explained that the missile exceeded four layers of air defense before it fell at the heart of the airport.
The Israeli police issued instructions to prevent access to the airport, while the air traffic was suspended, according to the same report, and later the movement returned to the airport.
