According to a report by Israel's public broadcaster today, Israel lifted restrictions on US air tankers landing at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport on the same day after the US made a request. The report said that Israel's Airport Authority has issued instructions to the air traffic control department to allow US military tankers to continue to land and park at Ben-Gurion Airport. This decision overturned Israel's Transport Minister Regef's previous instructions prohibiting US military tankers from overlanding at Ben-Gurion Airport. The report said that previously, Ben-Gurion Airport requested that US military tankers be moved to other locations to free up parking spaces and avoid affecting summer civil aviation flight operations. However, sources pointed out that since the current tension between the US and Iran continues to escalate, the US military central command needs to continue to maintain a high level of alert for tankers and crew members in Israel, so the US side demands that Israel lift the relevant restrictions. The report also said that during the heaviest conflict between the US and Israel this year, about 90 US military air tankers were deployed in Israel. Currently, 34 are still parked at Ben-Gurion Airport and Ramon Airport in the south. Israel and the US discussed transferring some of the planes to other Israeli air bases, but in the end they decided that there was no viable alternative. As of now, the Israeli government has not responded to the above news.

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