MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celestyal and Oceania Cruises have all either made amendments to active sailings, altered imminent departures and/or pledged to monitor the situation and act accordingly if the conflict necessitates further changes.
It comes after Hamas militants launched a major offensive on Saturday morning (7 October), which has been met with an equally deadly Israeli counter-offensive, with the renewal of conflict already having claimed hundreds of lives and displaced many more.