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International airlines announced yesterday, Monday, the extension of the suspension of their flights to Israel after a missile fired from Yemen at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel, which led to the remaining thousands of Israelis stuck abroad, according to Hebrew media.
Dozens of foreign airlines canceled their flights to Israel during the past 24 hours after the fall of the missile fired by the Houthi group, and said that it had achieved success that led to the suspension of air navigation at the airport.
This is the first time that Israel has acknowledged the fall of a Yemeni missile in the surroundings of the airport and its direct impact on the movement of navigation.
According to the Israeli “Calcalist” website, the Lufthansza Group companies, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, euro Wings, Swiss Airlines, and Italian Airlines “ITA” (ITA “(ITA” (ITA) was to extend the freezing of flights until May 11.
The United States (United Airlines) announced the extension of the cancellation of flights until May 9 and the low -cost Hungarian airline “Wizer” until May 8.
Greek Airlines companies, British Airlines, British Iris and Delta Airlines (American) and the Irish Airlines Low -cost airline “Ryan Air” are their flights to Israel until May 6, according to the same source.
Among the airlines that canceled their flights on Monday to Israel: Airways (4 flights), Mixico (4 flights), Canada (one flight), Europe (one flight), French Airlines (one flight), Indian Airlines (two flights), Austrian Airlines (3 flights), Delta (4 flights), Lufthansza (4 flights), and United Airlines (5 flights).
The Ministry of Communications warned Israeli companies that continue to fly as usual against exploiting the situation to raise prices, according to the “Calist” website, which indicated that this phenomenon occurred in the past when foreign companies stopped flying to Ben Gurion Airport.
In a related context, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that thousands of Israelis found themselves stuck abroad after the airlines suspended their flights to Israel.
On Sunday, the Yemeni Houthi group announced the imposition of a comprehensive air blockade on Israel in response to the expansion of aggressive operations on the Gaza Strip, according to a statement by the military spokesman in the name of the Houthi forces, Yahya Sari.
The group said in a statement, “Naheeb with all international airlines took what was stated in this statement considering it an hour since its announcement and publication, and to cancel all its flights to the criminal airports in order to preserve the safety of its aircraft and customers,” the group said in a statement.
On Sunday morning, the first time since the outbreak of the war, a ballistic missile launched from Yemen was launched in the vicinity of Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, causing 7 minor injuries and a state of dismay between the Israelis, after the Israeli defense systems “Haytz” and the American “Thaad” failed in his objection.
The Israeli army acknowledged the failure of its defensive systems to intercept the missile, suggesting that the imbalance was caused by a technical failure in the objectionable missile.
