Israel warns citizens to exercise caution abroad, Lufthansa, Swiss cancel flights to and from Tel Aviv
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Israel’s national security council warned Israelis to exercise extra caution when travelling abroad and said Iran or its allies Hamas and Hezbollah could target Israeli or Jewish institutions outside the country.
The warning, in a statement issued through the prime minister’s office, came amid growing fears in Israel of a attack by its enemies in retaliation for the assassination of senior leaders from Hezbollah and Hamas this week.
Germany’s Lufthansa Group and its unit Swiss International Air Lines have cancelled all passenger and cargo flights to and from Tel Aviv with immediate effect through Aug. 8, spokespeople for the airlines said.
“The reason for this is the current development in the region,” a Lufthansa spokesperson said.
The German airline group has also extended a halt on its flights to and from the Lebanese capital Beirut through Aug. 12, according to the spokesperson.
Swiss International is suspending flights from Zurich to Tel Aviv through Aug. 8 and to Beirut through Aug. 12, a spokesperson for the company said.
A number of airlines have cancelled or suspended flights as Lebanon braces for retaliation from Israel since a strike on Saturday in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers. Hezbollah has denied blame.
