Israel-Hamas War: Air India suspends flights to Tel Aviv till November 2

Israel-Hamas War: As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, Tata group owned Air India has suspended its flights to Tel Aviv until November 2.

Tel Aviv Flights

PTI quoted an Air India official who confirmed that the flights to the Israel city are suspended till November 2. The airline has not operated a scheduled flight to and from Tel Aviv since October 7, when the attacks began.

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Air India usually operates five weekly flights to Tel Aviv from Delhi on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Operation Ajay

Air India operated a few chartered flights to Tel Aviv from the national capital under the government's Operation Ajay to bring back Indians who wished to come back from Israel due to the war.

Israel-Hamas War

Since October 7 over 7,600 rockets have been fired towards Israel. Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon has also called for India to proscribe Hamas as a terrorist organisation like many other nations have done.

"It is time for India to declare Hamas as terrorist organisation in India," he said, adding many countries have already done that, as per a PTI report.

He also thanked India for its 100% support to Israel in its anti-terror operations against Hamas, at an interaction with journalists.