Iran extends until Thursday the cancellation of flights ordered after the missile attack against Israel

Oct. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Iranian authorities have extended this Wednesday for another day the suspension of flights decreed during the afternoon of Tuesday following their missile attack against Israel, in what they described as a response to the death of the leader of the political arm of the Resistance Movement Islamic (Hamas), Ismail Haniye, in an attack in Tehran at the end of July and that of the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hasan Nasralá, in an Israeli bombing against the capital of Lebanon, Beirut.

The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has indicated that the cancellation of all domestic and international flights will be in effect until 5:00 a.m. (local time) on Thursday with the aim of “maintaining flight safety” given the situation in the region. , as reported by the Iranian news agency Mehr.

After the missile attack, the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, General Herzi Halevi, asserted that the Israeli authorities will respond to Iran with an attack that demonstrates the country’s “precise and surprising” capabilities. For his part, Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian warned Israel against open conflict and defended the Iranian response to Israeli actions in the region.

The attacks, in which nearly 180 ballistic missiles were launched, also came hours after Israel announced the start of an invasion of Lebanon after more than eleven months of fighting with Hezbollah, unleashed following the attacks carried out on October 7. of 2023 by Hamas and other Palestinian factions. In response to these assaults, Israel launched a bloody offensive against Gaza. The rise in tensions has raised fears of a full-scale war in the region.