Israel orders full security checks on all inbound international flights after attempted
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered comprehensive security inspections of every international flight arriving in Israel following an attempted hijacking by an Omani deputy pilot on a Flydubai service from Dubai to Tel Aviv, where the pilot stabbed the Indian captain and tried to crash the aircraft.
- Netanyahu tasked National Security Council chairman Shmuel Ben Ezra with appointing an investigator to review all security aspects of foreign civil aviation flights to Israel, while Transport Minister Miri Regev said that safety oversight of foreign airline‑operated flights falls under Mossad and Shin Bet rather than the Transport Ministry; the 2024 National Comptroller report highlighted unclear responsibility for foreign airline safety and called for government action, and former Transport Ministry chief Keren Terner blamed the ministry for the lapse, noting the Civil Aviation Authority is directly under it.
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