Netanyahu: Israel Lacked Intelligence on Dubai Flight Attack Attempt
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Netanyahu: Too early to confirm Iranian involvement in flight attack attempt.
- Israel has intelligence on Iranian threats against Israelis abroad.
- Lapid questions Netanyahu's conflicting statements on the incident.
- Investigation into the flight incident and potential perpetrators is ongoing.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a Fox News interview Thursday night that it is too early to determine if Iran was involved in an attempted attack on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv. "We will get to the root of this attacker's incident, if he had partners, if Iran stood behind it. I think we will find out very soon," Netanyahu said. He added that it is "no secret that Iran wants to harm Israelis abroad," citing signs from Iran and its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, of initiating attacks just before elections. While Israel has "solid intelligence" of such intentions, Netanyahu clarified that it is not yet known if the incident on the plane was part of such a plan.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid questioned Netanyahu's statements, noting a discrepancy between the Prime Minister's English remarks and his office's Hebrew statements. "Netanyahu said in English that he didn't know, his office said in Hebrew that only he took seriously the threat that he didn't know about. What is the claim exactly?" Lapid asked.
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