Netanyahu says flydubai flight attacker underwent radical indoctrination
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the suspect involved in an attempted attack on a flydubai flight was influenced by radical Islamist indoctrination. Authorities are currently investigating the incident in cooperation with the UAE.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing security concerns regarding aviation safety and the influence of extremist ideologies on international travel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (October 1, 2026) said the suspect who allegedly tried to crash a flydubai flight to Israel had undergone "Islamist, radical indoctrination". He, however, did not give any details.
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Asked who helped radicalise the man, the Prime Minister said he did not know and that Israel was cooperating with the UAE's investigation.
“We'll get to the bottom of things,” he told Fox News channel's “Fox and Friends.”
Video shot inside the plane by Shota Musayev, a dentist who treated the captain, shows the copilot on his knees, with his hands tied behind his back. The copilot's name has not been released, and his condition was not known.
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