Netanyahu calls stabbed Indian pilot a hero; Flydubai halts Israel flights
Israeli prime minister thanks Captain Smit Machchhar for saving the lives of 174 people on board Tel Aviv-bound flight.
![Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, who was aboard a Flydubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, is welcomed at the arrivals gate at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, September 30, 2026 [Tomer Appelbaum/AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26273667107772-1790807217.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Israeli prime minister thanks Captain Smit Machchhar for saving the lives of 174 people on board Tel Aviv-bound flight.
![Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, who was aboard a Flydubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, is welcomed at the arrivals gate at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, September 30, 2026 [Tomer Appelbaum/AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26273667107772-1790807217.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani speaks prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex, Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026 [Fabrice Coffrini/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-06-21T150152Z_455887200_RC2EYLA0D2PL_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-SWISS-MEETING-1787796288.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






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