2024-10-08 07:57:56
Flights from all Iranian airports will be canceled until 06:00 local time (02:30 GMT) tomorrow starting tonight. This was reported by Iranian state media, citing a spokesman for the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization, Reuters reported.
The flights were canceled due to operational constraints, state media reported, citing the spokesman, without providing further details.
Iran imposed flight restrictions on Tuesday when it fired missiles at Israel in an attack that Israel threatened to respond to.
Israel’s air force has been put on high alert after a number of Western media reported that Israel would strike Iran within 48 hours.
Israel plans to strike on October 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack, sources said. It is possible that the attack will begin today, when it is the anniversary of the beginning of the “Yom Kippur War” – 6/10/1973.
According to the “Washington Post”, the Israeli strike will not be symbolic, but “powerful and large-scale”, including on Iranian nuclear facilities. The head of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, Gen. Michael Kurillo arrived in Israel. US troops stationed in the Middle East have been ordered to be on alert.
Iran prepares to repel Israeli attack. Iran’s air defense planes and fighter jets are on high alert. Various activities related to civil defense are carried out. In anticipation of the strike, Iran has evacuated its fleet from the major port of Bender Abbas, and Iranian F-14s are on constant combat duty.