Israel’s Political-Security Cabinet will convene this Sunday for a special high-level consultation in response to a sharp rise in concrete security alerts, officials disclosed on Thursday. The urgent session comes directly in the shadow of the averted airborne terror attack aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073 en route to Tel Aviv earlier this week, which was thwarted inside the cockpit at the final moment.
1+In an interview broadcast overnight on CNN, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the escalating wave of intelligence warnings: “We had a substantial volume of intelligence flowing in indicating that Iran’s proxies, specifically Hezbollah and Hamas, are planning attacks against Israel and Israeli citizens abroad.”
Defense establishment sources underscored that the warnings cited by the Prime Minister align with strategic assessments indicating that regional terror networks will attempt to execute high-profile spectacle attacks in the immediate term, exploiting tensions ahead of the upcoming Israeli Knesset elections. Security chiefs are particularly alarmed by efforts mounted by Tehran and its regional network to destabilize the arena through coordinated attacks against Israeli and Jewish assets overseas, as well as escalated operations in Judea and Samaria.
1+Against the backdrop of the impending Cabinet gathering, the multinational intelligence investigation into the flydubai crisis continues to gain momentum. As disclosed by the Prime Minister overnight, the first officer suspected of attempting a 9/11-style suicide strike is currently undergoing intensive interrogation on Saudi territory, where the Boeing 737 carried out an emergency diversion to Tabuk after transponder emergency code 7500 was transmitted from the cockpit.
According to Netanyahu, the suspect is slated for imminent transfer to Emirati custody, where Israeli intelligence will participate in the inquiry. “I spoke with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, and he immediately agreed that Israel would join the investigation. We will find out very soon whether Iran had a hand in this,” Netanyahu declared. The core focus of the inquiry remains whether the Omani co-pilot acted as a lone wolf or as an asset recruited, trained, and directed by a foreign state apparatus, with primary suspicion centering on Iranian operational sponsorship.