The European Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have issued an urgent recommendation urging airlines to avoid operating flights over the airspace of Israel and Lebanon due to the high risk for civil aviation.
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This warning comes amid an escalation of violence in the region, especially between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah group.
In an official statement, the EASA He highlighted that more than a thousand people, most of them civilians, have lost their lives in the latest bombings carried out by Israeli aviation in areas of Beirut and southern Lebanon.
These attacks are carried out under the pretext of eliminating members of Hezbollah, a group that has promised to continue its resistance to Israeli aggression.
The situation has worsened dramatically, negatively affecting airspace security in the region.
The recommendation to avoid flights over Lebanon and Israel will be in force until October 31, 2024.
European authorities emphasize that the conflict involves rocket, missile and drone launches, along with air strikes and artillery fire, considerably increasing the risk for aircraft.
Furthermore, Hezbollah’s possession of air defense systems and the deployment of air assets at various altitudes increase the potential for misidentification and miscalculations amid military tension.
Despite intense military operations, Israel has not demonstrated sufficient capacity to manage risks in its airspace effectively.
The Israeli forces, for their part, continued this Monday their massive bombing campaign against the main strongholds of Hezbollah in the east and south of Lebanon, on a day in which, for the first time, a central neighborhood of Beirut was targeted. of an attack that left at least four dead.
The Lebanese Army has stayed out of the fighting since the beginning and has limited itself to maintaining public security, while also participating in rescue tasks.
EASA commits to closely monitoring the situation to reassess the level of risk in the futureand European Union air operators are urged to consider this warning seriously.
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