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From Bahrain to Israel: Gulf Air begins commercial flight

Airbus A320 bound for Tel Aviv took off from Manama airport Thursday

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MANAMA: A Gulf Air plane began the first commercial flight between Bahrain and Israel on Thursday, a year after the normalisation of diplomatic relations.

The Airbus A320 bound for Tel Aviv took off from Manama airport just over an hour after Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived for Israel's first bilateral ministerial visit to Bahrain.

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