Effects Of War Against Hezbollah In Lebanon, 10 Flights To Israel Canceled

Ben Guiron International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Skytrax)

JAKARTA - Ten airlines canceled flights to Israel on Sunday amid rising cross-border tensions with the Lebanese Hezbollah group.

According to Israel's public broadcasting agency, KAN, airlines that have stopped operations in Israel include large flights such as Air France and Dutch Transavia.

Other airlines that canceled flights were Hungaryn Wizz Air, Corendon based in Malta, Ethiopia Airlines, Greek Aegean Airlines, and Greek Universal Airlines.

Air France, which canceled flights between Paris and Tel Aviv, is one of the few major international airlines still operating in Israel.

Since late July, 20 international airlines have canceled flights to Israel due to increased concerns about the potential for a regional war in the Middle East.

Israeli warplanes on Sunday morning launched more than 40 airstrikes in southern Lebanon. The clashes have been the worst since the cross-border attack with Hezbollah began on October 8, 2023.

The Israeli army claimed that the attack was launched to prevent Hezbollah from carrying out attacks.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it had launched hundreds of Israeli anddroneke missiles as the first stage of retaliation for the assassination of their commander Fouad Shukr in Beirut in July.

Since October 8, 2023, Hezbollah Lebanese and Israeli soldiers exchange fire every day along the Blue Line, causing hundreds of casualties -- mostly on the part of Lebanon.

An increase in tensions has occurred amid the Gaza war. In that region Israel has killed more than 40.e00 Palestinians since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Israeli military attacks have destroyed large parts of the region and left most people homeless, starving, and susceptible to disease.