civil Aviation Jordan decided to temporarily close the country’s airspace this Saturday as a “preventative” measure in the face of the threat of an Iranian attack on Israel, official media reported.

The Lebanese government has joined Jordan and Iraq in deciding to temporarily suspend its airspace in the face of Iranian drone attacks on Israel.

The Israeli army stated that Iran launched “dozens of drones” towards its territoryand said it would take “several hours” to reach the country and that the Israeli Air Force was tracking them to intercept them.

“Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority decided to close Jordanian airspace all aircraft, arriving, departing and transiting, temporarily and preventatively, starting at 20:00 GMT,” the official Jordanian News Agency reported. Petra.

This pendant will continue “over the next few hours” and “will be constantly updated and revised depending on the changing situation,” he noted.

According to Jordanian state television Al-Mamlaka, this decision was made “in the face of escalating risks in the region”, as well as in order to “preserve the safety of civil aviation in Jordanian airspace.”

Jordan became the first country to completely close its airspace in the face of Iranian threat to attack Israelas over the past few days, several airlines have decided to suspend flights to Iran as a preventive measure due to the situation in the Middle East.

Jordan borders Iraq and Syria.countries where pro-Iranian militias are present and often attack Israeli and American positions in the region.

Last February, Jorge Alvarez, a retired ambassador, noted that the governments of the United States, Jordan and Qatar were seeking peace agreements in the region, given the growing conflict between countries in the Middle East.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said this Saturday that Israel has increased its defensive and offensive capabilities faced the possibility of a “planned attack by Iran and its proxies on the State of Israel.”

The announcement came hours after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps this Saturday hijacked a ship in the Persian Gulflinked to Zodiac Maritime, a company owned by an Israeli billionaire and flying the Portuguese flag.

The seizure has further raised tensions in the region, especially in Israel, which is anticipating a retaliatory attack orchestrated by Iran but which could come from allied countries. after the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus April 1, which killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and six Syrian citizens. (EFE)