Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 2 October 2026) [translated from Hebrew]:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

“As time passes, the picture is becoming clearer. Yaniv and his heroic companions prevented a disaster on the scale of 9/11.

The attacker underwent Islamist radicalization. He intended to crash the plane with all its passengers on board.

We are now investigating whether he was sent, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price.”