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Saturday, October 7, 2023
A number of airlines cancel flights to Israel amid widespread Hamas attack
German airline Lufthansa is cutting flights to Israel following a wave of Palestinian attacks, a spokesman tells AFP.
“Given the current security situation in Tel Aviv,” Lufthansa will maintain a single flight to Frankfurt but “all other Lufthansa flights to and from Tel Aviv have been canceled for this Saturday.”
The Walla news site says Swiss Air, Austrian Airlines and Turkish Airlines are among the companies to cancel flights to and from Israel.