An Etihad cargo plane with aid to the Palestinian Authority to deal with the Corona crisis will land in Israel after a direct flight from the Gulf • Foreign Ministry coordinated landing

• Airplane of Etihad Company

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The Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday (Tuesday) that the evening will land in Israel for the first time on a direct flight from Etihad airways on a direct flight from Abu Dhabi.

This is a cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority to deal with the Corona epidemic. The shipment was sent by the UAE to the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip through the World Food Program (WFP) operating within the United Nations, and in coordination with Israel. The Foreign Ministry coordinated the landing of the aircraft in Israel.

The flight, via Etihad Airbus 330 aircraft, will land at Ben Gurion Airport directly from Abu Dhabi. In the past, private flights were in various cases between Israel and Abu Dhabi, but usually these flights were low profile. This time it is a large-body aircraft of a large company considered one It is important to note that Israeli aircraft cannot fly over the territory of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates in general.

A few weeks ago, another UAE, Emirates was a pioneer in the field of safe flights, enabling quick corona testing before takeoff. It was recently reported that the company stopped performing the same tests due to insufficient percentages of the results of the same tests.

Following Emirates, Austria has already begun testing with results within 45 minutes at the airport at prices ranging from around $ 200 per passenger. In Iceland, inbound tourists will be tested completely free and in Israel, the establishment of a rapid corona testing lab is being tested, with the aim of enabling safe flights in the coming weeks.