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Co-pilot in FlyDubai attack is identified, and other Mideast developments · Best of: Features

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  Co co-pilot in Fly Dubai attack is identified and other Mideast developments.
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  The co-pilot suspected in this week's Fly Dubai attack has been identified
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  as an Omani national, and the United Arab Emirates says he attacked
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  the captain with the cockpit's crash axe before trying to seize the
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  controls. Meanwhile, a hospital in Gaza says Israeli strikes have killed five
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  people, including two from the Palestinian Territory's Christian minority, and a fire
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  broke out at an oil facility in The
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  Saudi capital, with no details released on the cause. Here is the
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  latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. Full coverage is available
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  here. Copilot is identified as an Omani national. The co pilot suspected
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  of stabbing the captain of an Israel bound fly to by flight
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  before passengers and others stopped. The attack is an Omani national named
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  Hamam al Hamami, said three people with knowledge of the situation, including
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  a Gulf and a Western diplomat. All spoke on condition of anonymity
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  because they weren't authorized to speak to the media. The
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  Gulf diplomat said that investigations are under way to establish whether he
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  acted alone. The United Arab Emirates said that the co pilot attacked
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  the captain with the cockpit's crash axe and tried to take control
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  of the plane in a terrorist attack. The co pilot, who officials
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  said nearly crashed the sharply plummeting flight with one hundred and eighty
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  two people, aboard, was barred from flying by Oman over concerns he
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  had adopted extremist views, A separate person familiar with them matter said,
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  speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. By
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  Sammy Magdy, Sam Mednick, Anna Johnson. Hospital says five people killed in
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  Gaza. Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza killed five people, according to Shifa
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  hospital where the casualties were taken. Four women were among those killed.
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  A mother and daughter among them were Christians, a minority in Gaza
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  the hospital said, and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pier Batista
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  Pizabala, expressed condolences. A large fire burned at the site, where the
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  strikes tore a gaping hole in the ground floor of a malt
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  history building. The hospital said that people were still reported missing beneath
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  the debris. Israel's military didn't immediately comment, saying it was checking for
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  information. Israeli strikes have killed at least one thousand four hundred and
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  thirty nine Palestinians in Gaza since a ceasefire was reached with the
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  Hampamas militant group nearly a year ago, according to the territory's Health
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  Ministry. Its figures are seen as generally reliable by UN agencies and
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  independent experts. It doesn't give a breakdown of civilians and militants. Israel
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  says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat,
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  and in response to ceasefire violations, including occasional attacks. Israel says it
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  killed top aid to Sinwar. Israel's army said Saturday that it killed
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  the most senior Hamas figure in Gaza and the right hand man
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  to Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of the October seventh, twenty twenty
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  three attacks on Israel. Ali Ahmed Alamoudi was killed in an apartment
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  used by Hamas, said the army. It said he was the deputy
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  chairman for Hamas's Political Bureau, and that he was involved in decision
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  making surrounding the group's attacks that sparked the war. The army said,
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  Alamoudi took part in an attack in the West Bank in nineteen
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  ninety three, in which four Israelis were killed, and in the killing
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  of an officer, the year later in Ramallah. It's said that today
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  he was directly involved in rebuilding Hamas capabilities to fight. Fires break
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  out at a Saudi oil facility. A fire broke out at an
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  oil facility in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, sending dense black smoke into
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  the air, a witness said on condition of anonymity for safety reasons.
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  It wasn't clear what caused the fire at an Aramco oil refinery.
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  Authorities tightened security in the area, and police blocked roads leading to
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  it, the witness said. The Saudi state run Aramco Oil Company, and
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  the government run Center for International Communication, which oversees foreign media in
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  Saudi Arabia, didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Saudi oil facilities
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  have recently been hit in missile and drone attacks by Yemen's Houthi
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  rebels and Iranian backed militias in Iraq. A major escalation between Saudi
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  Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis has revived Yemen's civil war by Sami
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  Magdi. Houthi rebels in Yemen report airstrikes in Sana. Iran backed Houthi
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  rebels in Yemen said that airstrikes hit the capital, Sana'a, as renewed
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  fighting raged between the Houth on one side, and Saudi Arabia and
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  Yemen's internationally recognized government on the other. Residents reported hearing three loud
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  explosions. The Huthav Media Office accused Saudi Arabia of launching the strikes,
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  but didn't offer evidence. There was no immediate Saudi comment. Yemen's military
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  claimed responsibility. In a social media post, a spokesperson, Colonel Majid al
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  Nasili, said that legitimate vital military targets were hit. He didn't offer
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  details. Secretary of Defense
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  Pete Hegsith said Saturday that the U.S. Blockade of they Strait of
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  Hormuz is ironclad, and that President Donald Trump has all the options
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  he needs on the table if Iran continues to play games with
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  the strait. Ion wants to play games with things like the Strait
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  of Hormuz. They don't control it we do, Hegseth told reporters. They
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  have literally gotten nothing through. Our blockade has been ironclad, and we're
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  running almost at pre war levels every single night through that You
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  see that as far as the throughput. He added, So we feel
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  like we're in a very strong position. Iran ought make the right
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  choice. If they don't, the President is going to have all the
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  options he needs on the table. But he is not going to
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  let these things extend unnecessarily. He understands what the mission is, and
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  we can get it done when called upon. Exeth also said that
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  Trump is hellbent on Iran not having a nuclear weapon. The message
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  is very simple Iran will never ever ever have a nuclear weapon.
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  President Trump is helbent, and determined to ensure that they do not.
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  They will not, Heggseth said. This report will be updated throughout the
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  day as new developments emerge.