Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Yaniv Hayun: “You are a hero. You deserve a global Medal of Honor.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday, 30 September 2025), at his Ben-Gurion International Airport meeting with Yaniv Hayun, the passenger who broke into the cockpit on the flight from Dubai to Israel [translated from Hebrew]: “You are a hero. You deserve a global medal of honor.”

Video credit: Itay Beit-On (GPO) / Sound credit: Yechezkel Kandil (GPO)