Bay Area residents are reacting after Iran launched an attack towards Israel on Saturday.

Tensions had been already on the rise within the Middle East after six months of struggle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the incident has raised considerations of a worldwide battle as Israel closes its airspace and defends itself towards an Iranian drone attack.

There had been no direct flights to Tel Aviv from SJC or from SFO Saturday evening. But the closure of airspace throughout Israel was affecting worldwide vacationers within the U.S. and a few within the Bay Area.

United Airlines canceled flights from the East Coast to Tel Aviv and Aman, Jordan following the airspace closure in Israel.

Minutes earlier than air raid sirens began going off in Tel Aviv, a number of worldwide carriers canceled upcoming flights and even referred to as again one flight already within the air headed to neighboring Jordan.

Meanwhile within the Bay Area, these with household and different family members in Iran and in Israel fear about what comes subsequent.

“This is absolutely devastating. I think the people who are really going to see the most harm from this are the civilians,” stated political content material creator Ariana Jasmine Afshar.

Afshar is outspoken to her over 350,000 social media followers about her dislike of the present Iranian regime. But she stated they’d a proper to retaliate for the bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria.

Now, Afshar worries for the civilians in Iran and in neighboring nations who will probably be impacted if issues proceed to escalate.

“This is going to be catastrophic for the Middle East. It’s going to be catastrophic for the people and I can’t help but be so worried for my family members that live in Iran as well. It’s just very, very bad news,” she stated.

Tyler Gregory, the pinnacle of the Bay Area Jewish Community Relations Council, stated he worries concerning the civilian casualties and for Jewish folks globally and within the Bay Area, who could also be focused due to what’s taking place abroad.

“We saw after Oct. 7, there was a wave of antisemitism that hit the Bay Area, Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley and so we’re also bracing for what that wave might look like now,” he stated. “But we also need to remember that things can also easily spiral out of control. It’s not just about this limited attack or so we hope. It’s what could go wrong?”

Many hoping for cooler heads within the days forward because the state of affairs abroad evolves by the hour.