'There will be a heavy price to pay', says Netanyahu on Flydubai cockpit incident

On the Flydubai cockpit incident, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has given an action order, saying that those who are behind this incident will have to pay a heavy price. Netanyahu, in a video released from the X account, has said that investigators believe that the attacker of the Flydubai cockpit incident had a sense of Islamic fundamentalism. It was intended to crash the plane along with the passengers.

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Netanyahu said in his statement, 'As time passes, the picture is becoming clearer. Yaniv and his brave friends have prevented a catastrophe like September 11. The attacker was influenced by Islamic fundamentalism. He came to crash the plane with the passengers. We are now investigating whether he was sent. Whoever sent him will have to pay a heavy price for it."

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At the same time, Benjamin Netanyahu said soon after the incident that investigators were also investigating whether Iran was involved in this attack. But he also said that it was too early to reach any conclusion.