Royal Jordanian airline suspends flights to Beirut, state news agency says
The Israeli military said its jets hit targets in Lebanon shortly before the military assessed Hezbollah was preparing to launch attacks
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Jordan’s flag carrier Royal Jordanian suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday “due to the current situation”, the state news agency reported without giving an exact time frame for the suspension.
Officials told Reuters there was no disruption to Jordanian airspace.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel early on Sunday in retaliation for the killing of its senior commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike in Beirut on July 30.
The Israeli military said its jets hit targets in Lebanon shortly before the military assessed Hezbollah was preparing to launch the attacks.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Ben Gurion airport is expected to resume operations at 0400 GMT on Sunday, the airports authority said, lifting a suspension imposed in response to an attack from Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
“Aircraft that were diverted to alternative airports, including Ramon Airport, will take off and head back to Ben Gurion Airport,” it said.
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