Major airlines suspend flights after attack on Israel

By Douglas Gillison, Joanna Plucinska and Sophie Yu (Reuters) -Major international air carriers suspended or scaled back flights to or from Tel Aviv, while Russia banned night flights to Israel, after a surprise attack by Hamas militants over the weekend and a threat of escalating conflict raised safety concerns. About 50% of scheduled Tel Aviv flights did not operate on Sunday and a third were cancelled on Monday as of Monday evening in Israel, according to Flightradar24, a flight tracking website. U.S. air carriers United Airlines and American Airlines suspended direct flights to Israel afte...