


Online retail giant Amazon resumed delivery services to Israel on Wednesday, following a brief suspension triggered by the 12-day conflict with Iran in June.
Last week, Amazon notified customers that it was pausing new orders as the country’s airspace had remained largely closed since the start of the Iran conflict on June 13.
With a ceasefire now in effect, Amazon has reinstated its delivery operations. As of Wednesday, its Israeli website reverted to a pre-conflict notice: “We are experiencing shipping delays in your area. Please expect extended delivery time.”
During the war with Iran, the message read: “Due to local restrictions beyond our control, we cannot accept new orders or provide delivery to your area at this time. We will resume services as soon as conditions allow.”
Since flights to Israel are still not operating regularly, the company has not yet fully reinstated its shipping services to the Jewish state. There is free shipping on purchases over $49, but only for a limited selection of items, due to the reduced number of flights, which affects the volume of packages that can be sent, according to Hebrew media reports.
Global shipping company FedEx, however, recently announced that it had fully resumed its operations in Israel following the end of the conflict with Iran.
Flights resumed gradually following the ceasefire, which took effect on June 24 after nearly two weeks of hostilities. Israeli airlines such as El Al began operating limited flights the same day, and by June 26, Ben Gurion Airport had returned to near-normal international operations.
However, since the airspace was reopened last week, only a few foreign airlines have resumed their flight services to Tel Aviv. French carrier Air France is the only major Western European airline that has announced a relaunch of flights on its route between Paris and Tel Aviv, starting July 7.
Some 150,000 Israelis were stranded abroad when Ben Gurion Airport was largely closed to commercial flights, as well as incoming and outgoing cargo flights, during the war.
The conflict also had an immense economic impact on the country, with damages estimated to be double those caused during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack and the ensuing war, combined.
Israel said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.
Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said it had recently taken steps toward weaponization.
Iran retaliated to Israel’s attacks by launching over 500 ballistic missiles and around 1,100 drones at Israel.
Iran’s missile attacks killed 28 people and wounded thousands in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals.