Washington is reportedly preparing to start removing part of its refuelers parked at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport in recent months, following an emerging deal between the United States and Iran to end their war, Hebrew media reported Tuesday.

In the coming days, the US is expected to relocate about 20 percent of its 72 aircraft stationed at Ben Gurion Airport, according to reports in the Hebrew press, after the US agreed a deal to end the war with Iran.

The fleet of US planes is causing a parking shortage, threatening to severely limit flight operations of commercial airlines at Israel’s main international gateway, ahead of the peak summer holiday months.

Israel’s Defense Ministry was not available for comment when contacted by The Times of Israel. The Pentagon declined to comment.

On Sunday, Transportation Minister Miri Regev sent an urgent letter to warn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that unless many of the US aircraft parked at Ben Gurion Airport are relocated immediately, some 2.4 million plane tickets scheduled for the peak summer months and holiday season could be canceled.

Regev demanded to immediately relocate about 30 US aircraft to airports outside of Israel, or move........

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