The airspace was closed to several countries in the Middle East, and Tel Aviv Airport closed after Israel attacks Iran

The airspace on Israel, Jordan, Iran and Iraq was closed on Friday after Israel said it started a The main military operation against Iran.

Ben Gurion Airport was closed from Tel Aviv after Israel A wave of air strikes On Iranian nuclear sites and other goals. the The airport said Because of the current security situation, all flights to and from the airport were canceled until further notice.

The Ministry of Transport in Israel said that the airspace will remain closed until further notice, and that flights will have a six -hour notice before reopening it. Israel El and ISRAIR The planes were evacuated from Tel Aviv. Travelers were told not to go to the airport.

Close operations affecting travelers at the region and abroad. Several major international transport companies-including the UAE, the Union, the Qatar Airways, Air India, as well as German Lufthansa-have been canceled and reinstated.

Delta Air Lines and United Airlines confirmed to CBS News on Friday that it suspends flights between Tel Aviv and the United States that it had suspended operations between John F. Kennedy International and Tel Aviv until August 31. The leading American carrier had a plane on its way to Tel Aviv on Thursday, which was returned to JFK.

United said that the airline will stop its flights from the Newark Liberty International Airport to Tel Aviv until June 30, and flights are stopped from Tel Aviv to Newark until July 1.

The Union, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, canceled flights to and from Tel Aviv, while Emirates Airlines canceled flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran.

Qatar Airways temporarily suspended flights to Iran and Iraq, while Air India said on many flights that were transferred or sent again. Lufthansa suspended flights to Iran.

Syrian Airlines in Syria announced on Friday that it had suspended its flights to the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday, after the closure of the Iraqi and Jordanian airspace.

Flightradar data No trips on Syria appeared on Friday local time. The flights were not over Lebanon, Iran or Iraq as well, but they were assembled on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) began to “operate the lion” with a wave of air strikes on dozens of Iranian nuclear sites, military officers and research scientists. He said that the goal is to “decline the Iranian threat to the survival of Israel.”

A spokesman for the Israeli Defense Army, Brigadier General Ivy Defrene, called for a preventive attack and said that Israeli intelligence revealed “an Iranian plan to destroy Israel, which has not been formed in recent years.”

Tehran responded by launching more than 100 drones in Israel on Friday. The president of Iran, the Bizaxian, said that the country “will be taken strongly” against Israel, and promised “a severe, wise and strong answer.”

He said on Iranian television: “The Iranian nation and the country’s officials will not remain silent in the face of this crime, and will make the strong and strong response to the Islamic Republic of Iran the regret of the enemy.”

An Israeli military official later told reporters that although the threat has not yet ended, Israel was able to intercept several drones in Iran.

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