“HEROES”
Netanyahu mentioned he anticipated the United Arab Emirates to take the lead within the investigation, however that Israel would be a part of.
“He’ll be, I assume, moved in a short time to Dubai,” Netanyahu advised CBS Information of the alleged attacker, who was being questioned in Saudi Arabia.
Israel’s far-right nationwide safety minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, referred to as it a “militant” assault, whereas Defence Minister Israel Katz additionally described the incident as “an tried jihadist terror assault”.
Airline flydubai has mentioned all of the passengers – of whom 166 out of 174 have been Israeli, in response to media studies – have been protected, however that the explanations for the altercation have been unknown.
“Through the flight, as they approached the nation, one of many pilots stabbed the opposite pilot, and apparently tried to crash the aircraft with everybody on board,” Netanyahu mentioned in a video message.
“I salute these heroes,” he mentioned of the passengers, including “they prevented a serious catastrophe”.
