Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan announced on Sunday morning the reopening of their airspace, closed since Saturday evening due to the unprecedented attack launched by Iran against Israel. These three countries announced during the night from Saturday to Sunday the closure of the airspace as well as the interruption of traffic.
The Austrian company Austrian Airlines, however, announced on Sunday the suspension of “all its flights to Tel Aviv in Israel, Erbil in Iraq and Amman in Jordan with immediate effect”, due to “recent developments in the situation in the Middle East” . “There will be no flights to and from Tel Aviv, Erbil and Amman” before Monday, said spokesperson Sophie Matkovits, the “safety of staff and passengers” is an absolute priority for the company. .
“I condemn in the strongest terms the unprecedented attack launched by Iran against Israel, which threatens to destabilize the region. I express my solidarity with the Israeli people and France’s attachment to the security of Israel, our partners and regional stability. France is working on de-escalation with its partners and calls for restraint,” Emmanuel Macron wrote on X.
The head of the Italian government Giorgia Meloni, whose country chairs the G7 urgently convened this Sunday, “condemned” the Iranian attack against Israel, expressing her “strong concern about further destabilization of the region”. “We continue to work to avoid it,” she said in a message published Sunday on X, recalling that Italy “organized today at the beginning of the afternoon a virtual summit of leaders” of G7.
An Israeli strike targeted a Hezbollah building in eastern Lebanon on Sunday morning, the day after an unprecedented attack by Iran against Israel, a source from the pro-Iranian party told AFP. “An Israeli raid targeted a two-story building belonging to Hezbollah,” said this source. The National News Agency reported that “the enemy raid” had “destroyed a building in the village of Nabi Chit” in the Bekaa plain.
In a press release, the Jordanian government explains that its armed forces have “intercepted and neutralized devices that entered [son] airspace last night”, and that debris fell “in several places” without causing any injuries.
The heads of state and government of the G7 will meet by video conference today at the beginning of the afternoon “to discuss the Iranian attack against Israel”, announced the Italian government, which currently chairs this group of industrialized countries.
Questioned during an interview with foreign press journalists, Israel’s chief military spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, said, according to Le Monde, declared that “France made an important contribution” to the defense during the night. The French “have very good technology, planes, radars” he added.
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