Israelis Board Dubai Flight After Mossad Vets Saudi Crew
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Dozens of Israelis were stranded in Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi Arabia denied an Israeli government rescue flight.
- Passengers were to be evacuated on a Flydubai plane.
- Israelis boarded after the Mossad approved the pilots.
Dozens of Israelis were stranded in Saudi Arabia, a country with no official ties to Israel, after their flight was canceled. Saudi Arabia refused to allow the Israeli military or government to send an official plane to rescue the passengers.
Instead, Saudi authorities mandated that the passengers be evacuated on a plane operated by Flydubai, the airline that operated the initial flight. Initially, reports indicated that some Israelis refused to board the Flydubai flight back to Israel.
However, these Israelis eventually agreed to board after the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, approved the flight's pilots. The situation caused a dramatic scene at the Saudi airport.
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