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Flydubai Co-Pilot Planned 9/11-Style Tel Aviv Attack · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: We begin with a disturbing report from the United Arab Emirates,
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  Speaker 1: where the Attorney General has confirmed that an Omani fly-jubai
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  Speaker 1: copilot planned a September 11th-style suicide attack targeting Tel Aviv.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators concluded that Hammam al-Hammami, inspired by al-Qaeda, intended to
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  Speaker 1: crash the Boeing 737 MAX. carrying 173 passengers, mostly Israelis,
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  Speaker 1: into Ben Gurion Airport or a central Tel Aviv tower block,
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  Speaker 1: aiming for mass casualties. Passengers aboard the flight managed to
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  Speaker 1: overpower the copilot, and the aircraft was safely landed in
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesman, Doron Spielman, described al-Hammami
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  Speaker 1: as radicalised, noting he spoke on social media about killing Jews.
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  Speaker 1: In other news, International Committee of the Red Cross President
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  Speaker 1: Mirjana Spoljaric revealed she held confidential, difficult meetings with former
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  Speaker 1: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The
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  Speaker 1: discussions focused on arranging visits to Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: Spoljarik described the issue as much more complicated than returning
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  Speaker 1: them home, emphasising the ICRC's strict insistence on neutrality for
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  Speaker 1: its operations. Domestically, People of Israel Party Chairman Ofer Winter
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  Speaker 1: declared that his support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is
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  Speaker 1: not unconditional. Winter outlined specific demands, including a decisive military
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  Speaker 1: outcome in Gaza, facilitating emigration from Gaza, and passing a
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  Speaker 1: draft law for Haredi citizens. He stated he would not
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  Speaker 1: be part of a government that doesn't meet these goals. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, has urged the
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General to decide on indicting Tzakai Braverman, Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's former chief of staff. This follows revelations that Braverman
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  Speaker 1: allegedly altered an official record of a conversation on the
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  Speaker 1: morning of the October 7 massacre. Eisenkot called for a
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  Speaker 1: decision before the upcoming elections. Israeli diplomatic missions abroad are
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  Speaker 1: issuing strong warnings about the significant damage to Israel's international
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  Speaker 1: image caused by Jewish violence against Palestinians in Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: In response, Prime Minister Netanyahu has ordered the formation of
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  Speaker 1: a special task force to combat this violence. Separately, a
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian stone-throwing attack near Nili injured a Jewish man. On
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  Speaker 1: the security front, the IDF is investigating a possible ground
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  Speaker 1: or air intrusion into northern Israel. This follows a recent
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  Speaker 1: hostile aircraft alert triggered by a suspected drone launch from Lebanon,
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  Speaker 1: with military searches underway in the area. Globally, thousands of
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  Speaker 1: pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied in London. Police announced a zero-tolerance approach
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  Speaker 1: to hate crime and reiterated a ban on masks. A
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  Speaker 1: small pro-Israel counter-protest also took place, leading to several arrests.
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  Speaker 1: In defence cooperation, an official Israeli Air Force delegation participated
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  Speaker 1: for the first time in Morocco's Marrakesh airshow. This marks
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  Speaker 1: a milestone in defence ties since the 2020 Abraham Accords,
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  Speaker 1: with Israeli companies showcasing advanced defence technologies. Israeli military and
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet operations in Gaza have continued, with forces eliminating
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  Speaker 1: five Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad terrorists in recent strikes.
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  Speaker 1: Some of those eliminated were identified as participants in the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 massacre. Additionally, strikes hit at least five buildings
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  Speaker 1: across the Gaza Strip. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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