“HEROES”
Netanyahu stated 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 instructed CBS Information of the alleged attacker, who was being questioned in Saudi Arabia.
Israel’s far-right nationwide safety minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, known as it a “militant” assault, whereas Defence Minister Israel Katz additionally described the incident as “an tried jihadist terror assault”.
Airline flydubai has stated all of the passengers – of whom 166 out of 174 had been Israeli, based on media reviews – had been secure, however that the explanations for the altercation had been unknown.
“In the course of the flight, as they approached the nation, one of many pilots stabbed the opposite pilot, and apparently tried to crash the airplane with everybody on board,” Netanyahu stated in a video message.
“I salute these heroes,” he stated of the passengers, including “they prevented a significant catastrophe”.
