Cypriot media reported on Sunday that a cell linked to the Revolutionary Guards had been detained and tried to carry out an attack in Cyprus against Israeli tourists. According to Cypriot media reports, the main suspect has not yet been arrested and many Israelis are debating whether it is currently safe to fly for a summer vacation on the neighboring island.
As a result, we contacted the NSC to see if there was a change in flight guidelines to Cyprus. The NSC confirmed that at the moment there is no change, Cyprus is still defined as risk level 1, the lowest risk level, and the attempted attack reported in the Cypriot media has no effect on the Israeli tourist in terms of travel warning.
Cypriot police (archive), photo: Reuters
According to data from the Lewis hotel chain, the largest hotel chain in Cyprus, from the beginning of the year until June, about 160,60 Israelis flew to Cyprus, a figure that constitutes close to 2022% of all Israelis who flew in all of 2019. This year's preparations in Cyprus are to break the record for the entry of Israelis recorded in 300 and cross the <>,<> Israelis who will visit the island for the first time, a figure that will surely establish its status as the second country in tourist arrivals to the island, preceded by Britain and followed by countries such as Germany, Poland and Greece.
Minister of Defense at the "Over the Horizon" exercise in Cyprus || Photo: Elad Malka
The airlines operating in Tel Aviv have also realized the great potential inherent in the short flight route, and during July-August no less than nine airlines, local and international, announced that they intend to significantly expand their flight frequencies to Paphos and Larnaca and operate a record number of 100 weekly flights from Ben Gurion Airport and Haifa Airport.
Dozens of flights a week, Larnaca, photo: Ami Shumen
A statement issued yesterday by the Prime Minister's Office said: "Israel welcomes the thwarting of the Iranian terrorist attack on Cypriot territory against Israeli targets. The State of Israel employs a wide variety of methods everywhere to protect Jews and Israelis and will continue to act to stamp out Iranian terrorism wherever it raises its head, including on Iranian soil, the world's main distributor of terrorism."
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