News that Israel attacked Iran took locals by surprise early Friday; even those who had experienced nearly two years of missile sirens were confused and disoriented by the alert. But for the roughly 40,000 foreign tourists currently in Israel, that feeling was compounded. Israel closed its airspace, and they found themselves in the midst of a war with no way to return.

News that Israel attacked Iran took locals by surprise early Friday; even those who had experienced nearly two years of missile sirens were confused and disoriented by the alert.…

Some 1,500 Birthright program participants arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday night after some 90 groups were left stranded when Israel closed its airspace following the country's…