Airlines halt flights from Israel after attack by Hamas ignites fighting
Major airlines have suspended flights in and out of Israel after the nation declared war following a massive attack by Hamas.
Israel hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza and Palestinian militants continued firing barrages of rockets, setting off air raid sirens in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Video posted online appeared to show a plume of smoke near a terminal at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport.
Scores of arriving and departing flights at Ben Gurion were cancelled or delayed, according to the airport’s online flight board, which also showed a steady trickle of flights.
