Some flights at Beirut airport were canceled or delayed, such as the Lebanese airline "Middle East Airlines" said the violations in its schedule were related to insurance risks, at a time when tensions between Israel and the armed group "Hezbollah" is growing, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
A rocket strike that killed 12 teenagers and children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday heightened fears that war could break out between Israel and the Iran-backed group. Israel's security cabinet authorized the government to respond to the strike.
"Hezbollah" denied responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Israel or the Israeli-annexed territory since October 7, when the attack by the Palestinian group "Hamas" triggered the war in Gaza, Reuters recalls.
According to the Beirut airport information board and the flight tracking website Flightradar24, the companies "Lufthansa" and "Eurowings" have canceled three flights to Beirut scheduled for Monday afternoon. "Turkish Airlines" have also canceled two flights at night.
Flights of the Turkey-based low-cost carrier "SunExpress", the subsidiary of "Turkish Airlines" "AJet", Greek "Aegean Airlines", "Ethiopian Airlines" and "Middle East Airlines".