Two major U.S. air carriers, Delta and United, announced on Wednesday that they will be canceling service to Israel amid rising tensions between the Jewish state and Tehran-backed proxy militias in the area.
Israeli media reported the two companies, the second and third largest airlines in the world, will suspend operations to Tel Aviv starting on Thursday and will tentatively resume travel during the first or second week of August.
The move comes after German-based Lufthansa said on Monday that they dropped two flights from Frankfurt and Munich after earlier discontinuing their Beirut schedule.
The region is currently preparing for the possibility of a major incident after Israel purportedly assassinated the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was making an official visit to the Islamic Republic.
Hours before the strike on Haniyeh, a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr, was eliminated in a Beirut missile attack attributed to Israeli security services.
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