Reports Conflict Over U.S. Refueler Landings at Ben Gurion

Israel’s Airports Authority instructed air-traffic control units Wednesday morning to allow U.S. military refueling aircraft to land at Ben Gurion Airport, according to multiple reports citing airport information. The instruction followed a protest from U.S. Central Command over a restriction imposed a day earlier by Transportation Minister Miri Regev. A later report said Israel was still barring additional tankers and would remove aircraft exceeding an agreed number. The accounts agree that U.S. officials objected and that Israeli officials were reviewing the tanker presence amid military needs and pressure on civilian aviation.