Israel Opens Its Airspace After Seven Hours Of Operational Suspension Due To Iranian Attacks

UNSPLASH/Tel Aviv ILLUSTRATION

JERUSALEM - Israel reopened its airspace after seven hours of operational suspension due to Iran's attacks on its territory on Sunday.

The air area is open to civil aviation traffic after being suspended for seven hours, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Company said in a statement quoted by ANTARA from Anadolu, Sunday, April 14.

The broadcasting company also reported that Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv resumed its departure and arrival air traffic.

Meanwhile, the Flight Radar 24 website that tracks civilian aviation traffic globally shows a number of aircraft crossing Israeli airspace at around 12.15 WIB.

However, most airlines still use the air corridors at northern Egypt Sinai and Turkish airspace as their route, as tensions continue between Tehran and Tel Aviv.

Iran began airstrikes on Saturday against Israel in retaliation for airstrikes on April 1 against its diplomatic facilities in the Syrian capital.

The attack killed at least seven members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including two major generals.

Tehran accused Israel of carrying out the attack and promised to retaliate.

Tel Aviv has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack, but has for months carried out several attacks on Iranian targets in Syria.

Iran and Hezbollah, its main ally in Lebanon, said the attack would not be left alone.