U.S. airlines cancel flights to Tel Aviv amid escalating conflict


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 May 2021

Smoke and flames rise from a tower building as it is destroyed by Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have canceled flights between the United States and Tel Aviv, according to data by flight tracker FlightAware, amid an escalating conflict in Israel.

Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday, and Palestinian fighters rained rockets into Israel in one of their most intense hostilities in years.

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