TORONTO (NEWS1130) – Air Canada says it has cancelled a scheduled flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv tonight following reports of a rocket explosion near the Israeli city’s airport.

The announcement came shortly after the US Federal Aviation Administration prohibited US airlines from flying to Tel Aviv for 24 hours. Several European airlines have also cancelled their flights, some of them for the next 36 hours.

An Air Canada rep says the airline will continue to evaluate the situation and provide updates as needed.

Israeli police confirmed that a rocket from Gaza landed in an area near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, saying the rocket landing was the closest to the airport since fighting began on July 8.

Israel’s Transportation Ministry called on the airlines to reverse their decision and said it was trying to explain that the airport was “safe for landings and departures.”