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Når Israel og Beirut mødes - en rutsjebanetur af angreb og flyaflysninger!

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Israel rammer Beirut i et hævnaktion mod Hezbollah, mens flyaflysninger terroriserer rejsende! 🚀✈️

Den seneste optrapning af spændinger mellem Israel og Hezbollah kulminerede i en målrettet luftangreb i de sydlige forstæder til Beirut, Libanon. Israel sagde, at de angreb for at ramme en senior Hezbollah-kommandør, der var ansvarlig for en raketangreb, der kostede flere liv i israelsk kontrollerede Golan. Det markerer et af de mest dødbringende angreb siden den 7. oktober, hvor konflikten med Hamas brød ud, og situationen i regionen er blevet mere skrøbelig.

Israels luftangreb har udløst en kædereaktion, og spændingerne stiger i takt med, at Hezbollah afviser, at de stod bag den tidligere angreb, der førte til den blodige gengældelse. Med det israelske forsvarsministerium i højeste alarmberedskab, frygter man for gentagne angreb, hvilket skaber kaos og forvirring blandt rejsende ved Beiruts eneste lufthavn.

Som svar på den voksende usikkerhed har flere flyselskaber som Aegean Airlines og Condor suspenderet sine flyvninger til Beirut. Dette har sat tusindvis af rejsendes planer i bero, hvilket også har medført forsinkelser og aflysninger af mange afgange. Det ser ud til, at ingen er uden for rækkevidde af de unormale hændelser i den oliespækkede region, hvor både politik og rejser er under et konstant pres.

Med konflikten i Mellemøsten kender mange til det stress, der følger med rejser i usikre tider. Ikke desto mindre er Beirut kendt for sin unikke kultur og historie. Et interessant faktum er, at Beirut, ofte omtalt som "Middelhavets Paris," huser nogle af de ældste arkæologiske fund, der dateres tilbage til over 5000 år siden. I mellemtiden skal rejsende huske på at holde sig opdateret om rejseudsigt og sikkerhed, da himlen over Beirut fortsat kan være uforudsigelig.

Det er desuden værd at bemærke, at flyaflysninger og ændringer forekommer ofte ved store internationale kriser, og dette kan også have en betydelig økonomisk indvirkning på regionen. Flyrejser til Beirut var allerede en del af en tumultarisk rejsebranche, men den nuværende situation understreger behovet for øget opmærksomhed og fleksibilitet blandt både rejsearrangører og passagerer.

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Israel says it struck Beirut after an attack in Israeli-controlled Golan ... (NPR)

Israel says its forces carried out a “targeted strike” in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed ...

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Israel says it targets senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut (Reuters)

The Israeli military said it carried out a targeted strike in Beirut on Tuesday against the Hezbollah commander it said was responsible for a strike in the ...

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Israel claims responsibility for strike in southern Beirut (CNN)

Hezbollah denied it was behind the strike, the deadliest to hit Israel or Israeli-controlled territory since the October 7 Hamas attacks.

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Israel targets senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in strike on ... (ABC News)

Israel has launched a strike on Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, on Tuesday targeting a senior Hezbollah commander.

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IDF targets Beirut suburb in retaliation for attack that killed 12 in the ... (NBC News)

The Israeli military said it had carried out an airstrike in a suburb of southern Beirut, targeting a commander they say was in charge of an attack on ...

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Israel conducts airstrike in Beirut targeting Hezbollah commander (Axios)

Why it matters: This is the first IDF airstrike against a Hezbollah target in the Lebanese capital since the war in Gaza began on Oct. 7. The Biden ...

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Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike after deadly ... (CNN)

Israel says it has launched a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah commander that it blamed for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan ...

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Israel says it targeted Hezbollah commander in Beirut attack (Aljazeera.com)

At least one person killed after loud blast rattles southern suburbs of Lebanese capital, state media reports.

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Israel Strikes Beirut Suburb, Targeting Commander Behind Golan ... (The New York Times)

Tensions have soared between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah since a strike on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights killed ...

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More airlines cancel Beirut flights amid escalation (Reuters)

Greece's Aegean Airlines and Germany's Condor cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday, the latest airlines to suspend services to the Lebanese capital in ...

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Despite escalating tension between Israel and Hezbollah, it's ... (ABC News)

Fears of an escalation in the simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have prompted some airlines to cancel flights to Lebanon, but business is ...

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Airlines cancel flights to Beirut ahead of Israeli strike (Israel Hayom)

Amid Israeli preparations for a retaliatory strike in Lebanon after the Majdal Shams massacre, several airlines, including Turkish Airlines, SunExpress, ...

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SWISS suspends flights to Beirut (swissinfo.ch)

Round-trip flights to the Lebanese capital have been cancelled until August 5, Lufthansa announced on Monday. The measure, justified for security reasons, ...

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More Beirut airport flights cancelled or delayed after Golan Heights ... (The National)

Several European carriers have suspended services, and Lebanon's Middle East Airlines announces delays as retaliation fears grow.

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Beirut sees more flights cancelled amid Hezbollah-Israel escalation (Middle East Monitor)

Greece's Aegean Airlines and Germany's Condor cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday, the latest airlines to suspend services to the Lebanese capital in ...

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Chaos, confusion at Beirut's only airport as Israel vows attack (The New Arab)

Israel's pledge to retaliate harshly has led to the cancellation or delay of flights to and from the Lebanese capital, impacting thousands of people.

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Israel carries out rare strike on Beirut that it says killed Hezbollah ... (ABC News)

Israel has carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed the Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 ...

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Israel believes Hezbollah senior commander killed in Beirut strike ... (Reuters)

Israel believes its air strike on Beirut killed a senior commander of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah on Tuesday, Israel's public broadcaster said, ...

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Israel says it struck Beirut, targeting commander accused in deaths ... (The Associated Press)

Israel has carried out a rare strike on Beirut, killing at least one person and wounding dozens more in escalating hostilities with the Lebanese militant ...

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Israel strikes Beirut: What we know so far (Aljazeera.com)

Israel says the attack targeted Hezbollah commander in response to the Golan Heights attack on Saturday.

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Photos: Israel strikes building in Beirut suburbs (Aljazeera.com)

Witnesses said a loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs.

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Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike after deadly ... (CNN International)

Israel says it has launched a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah commander that it blamed for a deadly attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan ...

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Israel targets senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr in strike on ... (WTVD-TV)

Israel has launched a strike on Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, on Tuesday targeting a senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr,.

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Israel Struck a Suburb in Beirut (The New York Times)

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Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Commander in Airstrike Near Beirut (The New York Times)

The strike was in retaliation for a deadly rocket attack this weekend in the Golan Heights. At least three civilians were killed and 74 others wounded on ...

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See chaos after Israeli strike hits southern Beirut | CNN (CNN)

Israel claimed responsibility for a “targeted strike” in southern Beirut. The IDF says it was aimed at the Hezbollah commander responsible for a rocket ...

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Israel claims it killed senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut (BBC News)

The Israeli military said Fuad Shukr was "eliminated" but local security sources say he was not in the building that was hit.

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Reactions to Israeli strike on southern Beirut suburb (Reuters)

An Israeli airstrike targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut's southern suburbs late on Tuesday in what the Israeli military said was retaliation ...

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