Defense Minister Israel Katz on the attempted plane attack: ‘The serious incident on the FlyDubai plane was an attempted jihadist terror attack, thwarted only by the heroism of several Israeli passengers. According to our initial information, the terrorist had one intention: to crash the plane with all its passengers.’

When the Prime Minister and I issue intelligence-based security warnings and alerts, everyone should listen and take them seriously. The warnings never come at the expense of the proactive and offensive activity that we are leading together with the IDF against every threat.