The airline company said it is temporarily suspending flights to the region and will resume its services there in 48 hours.
Have YOU been affected? Email: [email protected] British Airways has cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv in response to the recent security escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
A BA spokesperson said: 'Safety is always our top priority, and we're contacting customers to advise them of their travel options.
The current cancellations comes after thousands of communications devices, used mainly by Hezbollah members, exploded in different parts of Lebanon last week, killing 39 people and wounding nearly 3,000, many of them civilians.In a statement, BA said: 'We've been continually monitoring the situation in the Middle East and have taken the operational decision to cancel our flights to and from Tel Aviv, up to and including, Wednesday, 25 September'.
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