British Airways and Virgin Atlantic droop Tel Aviv flights after Hamas says it attacked airport
British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic have suspended flights to Tel Aviv - after Hamas mentioned it had attacked the Israeli airport.The choices had been made after a BA flight was on strategy to the airport when the captain made the choice to divert again to Heathrow.
A spokesperson for Israel's airports authority mentioned rockets had been flying round Tel Aviv on the time however weren't an instantaneous risk to the flight or to Ben Gurion Airport.Hamas's armed army wing mentioned a missile had struck the grounds. Al Qassam Brigades mentioned it had "bombarded" the location in response to civilians being focused by Israel.Israel warns residents after 'hostile plane' flies over from Lebanon - comply with stay battle updates
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