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Foiled Flydubai Airport Terror Plot · 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: An audacious 9-11-inspired plot by a Flajubai Copilot to crash
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  Speaker 1: a passenger jet into Ben Gurion Airport's terminal was foiled
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  Speaker 1: last month, according to a United Arab Emirates investigation. The
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  Speaker 1: Omani Copilot, Hammam al-Hammami, reportedly intended to cause mass casualties,
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  Speaker 1: drawing inspiration from al-Qaeda's attacks. He assaulted the captain with
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  Speaker 1: an axe, but other crew members and passengers, including an
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  Speaker 1: off-duty pilot, managed to overpower him, leading to an emergency
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  Speaker 1: landing in Saudi Arabia. The investigation revealed Hammami's radicalisation began
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  Speaker 1: in 2017 while studying in Australia, and he had met
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  Speaker 1: all professional and security requirements for employment, with no prior
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  Speaker 1: indicators of his extremist views detected during hiring. This incident
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  Speaker 1: has prompted a review of all security aspects of foreign
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  Speaker 1: civil aviation to Israel. In Israeli domestic politics, a former
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  Speaker 1: senior Shin Bet official, Ilan Segev, has claimed that Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aware of the exact scenario of
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  Speaker 1: the October 7 attack years in advance. Segev stated that
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  Speaker 1: in a 2017 State Control Committee meeting, Netanyahu described specific
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  Speaker 1: tactics including commando raids and civilian kidnappings, a claim Segev
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  Speaker 1: says is documented on YouTube. Segev refuted Netanyahu's assertions of
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  Speaker 1: not receiving warnings, distinguishing between an intelligence picture and a
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  Speaker 1: specific warning. These allegations follow a report from Netanyahu's former
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  Speaker 1: military secretary, alleging attempts to alter the prime minister's schedule
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  Speaker 1: records in the hours before the attack. On the northern front,
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  Speaker 1: the Israeli military announced it neutralised Yusuf Ali al-Hassan, a
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  Speaker 1: Syrian national identified as planning drone and rocket attacks against
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  Speaker 1: Israeli soldiers in southern Syria, reportedly under Iranian direction. This
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  Speaker 1: action follows reports of an Israeli drone strike targeting a
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  Speaker 1: vehicle near the Syrian border. In Jerusalem, the opening of
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  Speaker 1: Café Basimta on Shabbat has become a focal point for
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  Speaker 1: protests and counter-protests. The café, operated by an Israeli associated
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  Speaker 1: with Jews for Jesus, sparked demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox groups against
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  Speaker 1: the public desecration of Shabbat. This, in turn, drew secular Israelis,
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  Speaker 1: who opposed what they viewed as religious coercion. highlighting deeper
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  Speaker 1: societal tensions over the role of religion in Israel's public square. Internationally,
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  Speaker 1: French unions and pro-Palestinian groups are reportedly blocking the shipment
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  Speaker 1: of military components destined for Israel, with airport workers refusing
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  Speaker 1: to load cargo onto an El Al flight after it
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  Speaker 1: was reportedly rebooked from an Air France flight. Meanwhile, former
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  Speaker 1: UK Home Secretary Sula Braverman has warned that the UK
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  Speaker 1: faces systemic, profound, deep-rooted problems with Islamism. stating that antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: is not going to get any better as a result.
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  Speaker 1: She criticised political leaders for appeasement and noted that Islamism
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  Speaker 1: constitutes a significant portion of MI5' s caseload. And in US
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  Speaker 1: policy news, President Donald Trump claimed on Friday, October 9, 2026,
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  Speaker 1: that the US stopped Iran from having a nuclear weapon
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  Speaker 1: and that without American military action, Iran would have been
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  Speaker 1: two or three weeks away from obtaining one. Trump also
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  Speaker 1: mentioned a US naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz
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  Speaker 1: and alleged that Iran's IRGC had targeted a ship, adding
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  Speaker 1: that tensions remain high as Tehran reviews a proposal for
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  Speaker 1: reopening the strait. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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