2023-10-07 21:45:21
AA / Rabat / Khalid Mejdoup
The airline Royal Air Maroc (government) announced on Saturday the cancellation of its flights to Israel due to the deterioration of the situation.
In a statement, Air Maroc said it had “cancelled its flights scheduled until October 13.”
The press release specified that the cancellation also concerns its flight, scheduled for the evening, between Casablanca and Tel Aviv, as well as tomorrow’s flight, Sunday.
At the end of 2020, Morocco and Israel signed a normalization agreement under which diplomatic relations frozen in 2000, during the second Intifada, resumed.
Saturday morning, the “Al-Qassam Brigades”, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, announced the launch from Gaza of a military operation called “Al-Aqsa Flood”, “with a first strike targeting enemy sites, airports and military fortifications.
In response, the Israeli army announced the launch of Operation Steel Sabers against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, declaring in a statement that “its planes began carrying out raids in several areas of the Gaza Strip.” Gaza Strip targeting Hamas targets.
According to the Anadolu correspondent, Palestinian factions continue to launch salvos of rockets towards Israeli towns and villages since Saturday morning, while the Israeli army continues to launch its raids on different areas of the Gaza Strip. .
These shots were preceded by an escalation of tension in the West Bank, particularly in the city of Jerusalem, due to attacks by settlers and incursions by the Israeli army.
*Translated from Arabic by Hajer Cherni
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