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Al Jazeera

Are airlines returning to Israel, despite the war on Gaza?

El Al Israel Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel in 2020 [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]

Almost as soon as Israel’s war on Gaza broke out on October 7, many airlines suspended or cancelled their flights to Israel.

Last week, Yossi Fattal, director general of Israel’s Chamber of Inbound Tourism Organisers, complained that Israel had become isolated – “like North Korea” – as dozens of airlines remained reluctant to fly there.

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