Israeli Defense Minister Calls FlyDubai Flight Incident an Islamist Terror Attempt
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that an incident aboard a FlyDubai flight was an attempted Islamist terrorist attack. He credited the prevention of a potential tragedy to the bravery of several Israeli passengers who intervened.
According to Katz, these passengers stormed the cockpit, subdued the attacker, and handed control of the aircraft back to another crew member. The minister elaborated that the assailant's intention was to crash the plane with everyone on board.
Katz emphasized that intelligence warnings issued by him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be taken seriously. He added that such warnings do not replace proactive and offensive actions taken by Israel and the IDF against any threat.
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