Defense Minister Israel Katz:

Defense Minister Israel Katz:

The serious incident on the FlyDubai plane was an attempted jihadist attack, which was thwarted only thanks to the bravery of a number of Israeli passengers who broke into the cockpit, took control of and with their own hands returned control of the plane to another crew of pilots present there. According to the initial information we have, 's intention was one: to crash the plane on all its passengers.

When the Prime Minister and I issue security warnings and alerts based on intelligence, everyone - both our enemies from the outside and the uninformed insiders - should listen and take them seriously.

Each warning has several addresses and targets. And the main thing: the warnings never come at the expense of the proactive and offensive activity that we lead together with the IDF in the face of any threat - and are not a substitute for it.