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Airlines including American Airlines, Emirates and Ryanair canceled flights due to the conflict at Tel Aviv airport, causing major disruption. Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007, leading to an Israeli blockade of the impoverished enclave of 2.3 million people. Since then there have been several wars between Israel and Hamas. The last major military conflict in May killed 34 Palestinians and one Israeli. Western countries condemned the attack by Hamas, which the United States, the European Union and Israel consider a terrorist group.