Israeli ministers call for increased military action after flydubai incident
Ministers and opposition politicians also praised the Israeli passengers aboard the flybubai aircraft, saying that they saved many lives and potentially prevented a disaster on the scale of 9/11.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has called for intensified military action across all regional fronts following an alleged attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai flight carrying over 100 Israeli passengers on Wednesday. Opposition politicians and officials praised the passengers for their heroism, stating that their actions potentially averted a catastrophe on the scale of 9/11.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the first government member to comment, demanded action against "whoever tried to crash a plane and murder 180 Israelis." The government maintains that there is no evidence linking the suspected hijacker to foreign actors. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared a report claiming the hijacker planned to carry out an attack similar to 9/11, though this claim has not been verified.
The motive of the pilot remains unclear. The opposition criticized the government for using the incident for political gain, while the opposition leader Yair Lapid confirmed the incident was not discussed during a security briefing he received earlier in the day.
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