Major airlines halt flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, amid fears that escalating tensions in the Middle East could boil over into a broader conflict in the region.
United Airlines and Delta Air Lines both suspended flights to Israel on Wednesday, halting planned flights to Tel Aviv amid rising tensions in the Middle East. "Beginning with this evening’s flight from Newark Liberty to Tel Aviv, we are suspending for security reasons our daily Tel Aviv service as we evaluate our next steps," United told FOX Business in a statement.
On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike in Beirut targeted and killed Fuad Shukr, a key commander of the terrorist group Hezbollah. Shukr was the Hezbollah commander who was behind a drone strike that killed 12 children and teens on a soccer field in Israel over the weekend. Then Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday, prompting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameneithat to declare it is Iran's duty to "take revenge" for the attack.
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