# Flights resume at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport after staff strike

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- CGTN, 2026-08-20 09:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-20/news-1PLt6IwTpBu/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> A sudden staff strike at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv disrupted travel for about 100,000 passengers. Workers stopped all check-in counters and grounded flights over operational problems, aircraft-handling challenges and a shortage of parking stands before ending the action at 3 p.m. Thursday. Transport Minister Miri Regev called it an “illegal strike” and threatened its leaders with a “heavy price.”