BREAKING: Wizz Air suspends flights from Budapest, Debrecen urgently today!

The Hungarian low-cost airline’s Saturday morning Debrecen-Tel-Aviv direct flight landed in Lárnaka, from where Wizz will carry back the passengers to Hungary. They said they would not fly to Tel Aviv from Budapest and Debrecen for the time being.

According to Népszava, a Hungarian daily, Wizz Air suspended all flights between Debrecen, Budapest and Tel Aviv from this morning. The decision was made after conducting talks with local and international authorities. This comes after Hamas’ surprise attack against Israel in Gaza today, leaving Israel stunned and hundreds of dead. Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets against civilian targets. Here is NBC’s report:

According to Wizz Air’s statement, their Saturday dawn flight landed safely in Tel Aviv and returned to Budapest without a problem. However, the morning flight from Debrecen landed in Lárnaka, Cyprus. The Hungarian low-cost airline will take back the passengers to Debrecen.

The airline announced they remained in permanent contact with Israeli, Hungarian and international authorities and will update their passengers with the latest information in email and SMS. However, those who bought their tickets from a travel agency should get information from that third party.

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Hungarian foreign minister outraged because of the attack

Hungary condemns the terrorist attack on Israel early Saturday, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said in a post on Facebook. “Hungary condemns this brutal terrorist attack in the strongest of terms, acknowledges Israel’s right to self-defence and expresses the country’s sincerest condolences to the Israeli government and the Israeli people for their losses,” Szijjártó said.

He said the Hungarian embassy staff in Tel Aviv were safe and staying in contact. Diplomatic staff are reaching out to Hungarian nationals registered for consular protection in Israel, the foreign minister added. In a later post, Szijjártó said eleven Hungarian nationals, mostly children, were in the Gaza Strip. Contact has been established with all of their families, he added. They are well, given the circumstances, and plan on leaving the area depending on developments, he said.

In another post, Szijjártó said he had spoken with his Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, by phone. “I expressed our sympathy for the victims who have died and ensured my colleague that Hungary stands by Israel in these difficult hours,” he said. He expressed hope that an escalation of the situation could be avoided and warned that a wave of violence in the Middle East could have “drastic consequences” for global security.