The terrorist admitted in interrogation: "The motive? What's happening in Gaza. I wanted to die a martyr"
The pilot-terrorist, Mam al-Hamami, who attempted to crash the Flydubai plane at Ben Gurion Airport, admitted in interrogation that the motive for the action was the situation in the Gaza Strip. He told his interrogators: "I did this as revenge for Gaza, I wanted to die a martyr." The Shin Bet is participating in the investigation, and authorities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are examining the contents of his phone.
The pilot-terrorist, Mam al-Hamami, admitted in interrogation that the motive for attempting to crash the Flydubai plane at Ben Gurion Airport was the situation in the Gaza Strip. Al-Hamami told his interrogators: "I did this as revenge for Gaza, I wanted to die a martyr." The Shin Bet is participating in the investigation, and the military censor approved this publication. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates questioned the flight crew and ruled out the possibility that they were complicit in the plan. Investigators in Saudi Arabia and the UAE hold and are examining the contents of the pilot's phone. In a cabinet meeting, a Mossad representative told ministers that in recent years the terrorist had visited countries hostile to Israel, some of them enemy states, and that it was being checked whether someone recruited him during these visits. Minister Regev distanced herself from the Transportation Ministry's responsibility for securing foreign flights, claiming there is no capability to monitor intelligence threats.