Terrorism

"In the army they always told us, there's no such thing as a 100% perfect defense, there will always be some weak point," he explained.

Herzog also addressed reports that Israeli security officials were unaware that the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 was barred from Oman Air amid concerns over his radicalization.

Abdullah Albadri, 34, attempted to breach the embassy's perimeter in west London in April 2025 before being stopped by armed police officers guarding the site.

The Norwegian Christian Democratic Party's Joel Ystebø told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that his party is proposing that Norway create an independent designation system for terrorist organizations.

Yoram Schweitzer, an expert on international terrorism, said that the attempted flydubai hijacking was likely inspired by the September 11 attacks and by Osama Bin Laden.

US President Donald Trump said those involved in the plot had planned "big damage," while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also pointed to the "hands of a foreign actor."

"If Yaniv Hayun had pulled the controls hard upward while in the dive, he would have crashed the plane. The plane would have broken apart in the air," Ben Caspit explained.

Additionally, the New Zealand Herald reported that Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot whom Hammami attacked aboard the flydubai flight, had trained in the island country.

The accused, a mathematics lecturer in his 60s at Bar-Ilan University, was charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism, extortion by threats, and obstruction of justice.

The vehicle subsequently accelerated toward the troops' vehicle and struck it, according to the military. No IDF soldiers were wounded in the incident.