Dedicating helicopter to Eilat patients 'will save lives'
Deputy Health Minister demands PM Netanyahu dedicate helicopter to flying Eilat patients to Tel Aviv.
Deputy Health Minister demands PM Netanyahu dedicate helicopter to flying Eilat patients to Tel Aviv.
Amid planned car-convoy protest of Eilat residents against closure of Sde Dov airport, Netanyahu decides against leaving airport open.
Israeli carrier says it will allow flights to be cancelled or postponed for up to six months, in view of security situation.
In a deal with the Finance Ministry, the Defense Ministry will get a billion shekels to evacuate Tel Aviv's Sde Dov Airport by 2017.
Sde Dov airport shut down as shoreline from Tel Aviv to Ashdod is covered with thick fog.
The small seaside military Sde Dov airport will relocate to the Negev by 2018, along with a myriad of IDF bases from around the country.