Originally Posted by Ditto

I would imagine that new tickets might be more expensive, and also OP mentions "us", meaning there is more than one ticket involved, AZ cheapest fare is 175$ while A3 is already at 210$, and that is only at the end of August, with August being summer holidays in Israel it will be very hard to find cheap tickets any more if limited to a specific destination as well as possibly specific dates (if there are non-refundable hotel bookings)