I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.

Passengers aboard an Israel-bound flight described the moments after their pilot was stabbed mid-flight.

By Alexander Cornwell and Rami Amichay JERUSALEM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Israeli government believes an incident on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, which diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals on Wednesday,

The Israeli PM says Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, displayed "extraordinary bravery" by fighting back after being stabbed.

Following a violent incident in the cockpit of a Flydubai flight en route to Tel Aviv, the Israeli government has spoken of an attempted terrorist attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli security officials are now formally classifying the attempted downing of the Flydubai flight carrying Israelis as a terrorist attack, but say investigators have not found clear evidence that Iran directed the plot.

The alert adds to claims that the Israeli leader ignored signs of Hamas’s battle plans, giving his election opponents fuel.

Naftali Bennett says Israeli passengers jumped into the cockpit to stop the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the pilot on a Dubai flight to Tel Aviv.

Two homes belonging to the al-Tubasi family were set on fire and Israeli security forces were also targeted by settlers.