🔸 Flydubai announced that, following an incident on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight that led to an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, it has temporarily suspended all of its flights to Israel and from Israel.

🔸 Flydubai said the decision was made in coordination with the relevant authorities and to allow investigations into the incident to continue, and that it will be reviewed once more information becomes clear.

🔸 The company emphasized that the cause and motivation behind the confrontation in the cockpit have not yet been identified.

🔸 At the same time, the office of the Israeli prime minister said it will intensify security checks on pilots of flights arriving in Israel.

🔸 The Flydubai flight FZ1073, on Wednesday, the 8th of Mehr, after a confrontation in the cockpit and a sharp drop in altitude, made an emergency landing in the Saudi city of Tabuk.

🔸 Israeli officials said the co-pilot, identified as an Omani citizen, after attacking the pilot tried to bring the aircraft down; a claim whose motivation has not yet been independently verified.

🔸 Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot is being detained and interrogated in Saudi Arabia.