CAIRO (Reuters) – Jordan’s flag service Royal Jordanian suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday “due to the current situation”, the state information company reported with out giving a precise timeframe for the suspension.
Officers advised Reuters there was no disruption to Jordanian airspace.
Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah motion launched lots of of rockets and drones in opposition to Israel early on Sunday in retaliation for the assassination of its senior commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike in Beirut on July 30.
The Israeli navy mentioned its jets hit targets in Lebanon shortly earlier than the navy assessed Hezbollah was making ready to launch the assaults.
The most recent escalation between Israel and Hezbollah comes amid regional fears of a wider response by Iran and its regional proxies to the assassination of Palestinian Hamas’ chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31.
