Benjamin Netanyahu
Role at the time: Prime Minister of Israel, in a statement posted by the Prime Minister's Office on X
Condemned
Statement summary
In an October 2, 2026 statement posted by the Prime Minister's Office, Benjamin Netanyahu said that as time passes the picture is becoming clearer, that the attacker on flydubai flight FZ1073 had undergone Islamist radicalization and intended to crash the plane with all its passengers on board, and that passengers prevented a disaster on the scale of 9/11. He said Israel was investigating whether the attacker was sent and that whoever sent him would pay a very heavy price. He did not say what information supported the radicalization finding.
“The attacker underwent Islamist radicalization. He intended to crash the plane with all its passengers on board.”