The military struck more targets in Gaza in what Israeli officials said was a campaign against Hamas militants, as the government scrambled to contain escalating communal violence within its own borders.
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File: A masked spokesman for a Gaza terror group gives a speech during a military drill by Hamas and other armed Palestinian terror groups on a beach in Gaza City on December 29, 2020. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
The armed wing of Hamas claimed Thursday that it had begun using a new rocket that can reach anywhere in Israel, as the Gaza-ruling terror group launched a major barrage of rockets at the center and south of the country on Thursday afternoon.
“Rockets were launched toward Ramon Airport with the Ayyash missile with a range of 250 kilometers (155 miles),” Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, said in a statement.
The Israel Defense Forces have "ground units that are prepared and are in various stages of preparing ground operations," and Hamas has introduced a rocket said to be able to hit anywhere across
Israel int l airport closed for landings amid tensions
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Thu, May 13 2021 15:12 IST |
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Israeli flag carrier El Al reports $244mn loss. Image Source: IANS News
Tel Aviv, May 13 : Israel s Ben Gurion International Airport, located outside Tel Aviv, has been closed for landings amid rising tensions between the Jewish state and militants in the Gaza Strip, the country s airport authority said on Thursday.
Departures will be redirected to the Ramon Airport, a smaller airport outside the southern resort city of Eilat, the Israel Airports Authority said in a statement. The decision to reroute the flights is aimed to allow greater freedom of action in protecting the skies of Israel, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
- May 13, 2021, 1:02 PM
An El Al Boeing 777-200 takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in October 2021. El Al flights continue to land and depart at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Aiport while most other international carriers have suspended service due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by BriYYZ)
Several European and North American airlines have canceled flights to Israel in response to the escalating conflict in the country, while Israeli authorities have decided to halt the landing of international passenger flights at its main airport, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion. “Due to the security situation, the authorities have instructed that a change may be required at the airport and flights entering Israel will be required to land at Ramon Airport,” El Al noted in a statement.