Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 30, 2026, 06 PM Eastern
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report, I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: We begin with indications from the United Kingdom that Iran
- 0:15Speaker 1: may have been involved in a suspected plot against a
- 0:18Speaker 1: Royal Air Force airbase. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham told
- 0:22Speaker 1: the BBC there are strong indications. Iran played a part
- 0:26Speaker 1: in the incident over the weekend at RAF Fairford, which
- 0:29Speaker 1: is used by US forces. The comments followed the arrest
- 0:32Speaker 1: of five British men, all in their 20s and living
- 0:35Speaker 1: in London, on suspicion of terrorism and explosive offences near
- 0:39Speaker 1: the base. The men have since been released on bail.
- 0:42Speaker 1: Iran has strongly denied any involvement. Prime Minister Burnham stated
- 0:47Speaker 1: Britain is working closely with the United States, as US
- 0:50Speaker 1: bombers have used the base for missions against Iran. US
- 0:53Speaker 1: President Donald Trump had previously commented that the arrested men
- 0:57Speaker 1: had planned big damage. and US Secretary of State Marco
- 1:01Speaker 1: Rubio had pointed to a foreign actor. Counter-terrorism police are
- 1:04Speaker 1: investigating the possibility of foreign state involvement, with Iran itself
- 1:09Speaker 1: denying any link. Turning now to aviation security, a serious
- 1:13Speaker 1: incident aboard a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv
- 1:17Speaker 1: has led to a temporary suspension of flights and prompted
- 1:20Speaker 1: high-level discussions. The flight FZ1073 experienced a dramatic security event
- 1:26Speaker 1: where a pilot reportedly attacked a colleague. causing the aircraft
- 1:30Speaker 1: to lose altitude. Passengers and crew members managed to subdue
- 1:34Speaker 1: the attacker, and the plane eventually landed at Tabak Airport
- 1:37Speaker 1: in Saudi Arabia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with
- 1:42Speaker 1: UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed about flight security following the incident.
- 1:47Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu described the pilot's actions as an attempt
- 1:51Speaker 1: to crash the plane with its passengers on board, though
- 1:54Speaker 1: the motive remains under investigation. In response to the event,
- 1:58Speaker 1: The Shin Bet, Israel's security agency, recommended suspending flights between
- 2:02Speaker 1: the UAE and Israel. FlyDubai subsequently announced a temporary suspension
- 2:07Speaker 1: of all its flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport
- 2:10Speaker 1: to allow authorities to investigate. The UAE has also approved
- 2:14Speaker 1: allowing Shin Bet security personnel to conduct inspections at Dubai
- 2:18Speaker 1: Airport in the coming days, a measure that could allow
- 2:21Speaker 1: Israeli airlines to resume operations. This incident brings renewed focus
- 2:25Speaker 1: to the security cooperation. between Israel and the UAE, which
- 2:29Speaker 1: was a key topic during Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent visit
- 2:33Speaker 1: to Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump made a
- 2:36Speaker 1: statement regarding Iran, saying, Things will happen in Iran very
- 2:40Speaker 1: soon you will see. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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- 2:52Speaker 1: for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe
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- 3:03Speaker 1: in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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