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Cruise lines halt calls amid deadly Israel-Hamas conflict

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Ilaria Grasso Macola
10 October 2023

A number of cruise lines have halted calls in Israel following attacks by Hamas militants at the weekend and a subsequent Israel counter-offensive in Gaza and the West Bank.

Ashdod, southern Israel, oct 23, Credit: Lio Voo/Pexels

(Credit: Lio Voo/Pexels)

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.