Winter in harsh criticism from Ben Gurion Airport: "We were a step away from Israel's 9/11"

Chairman of the Amcha Israel party, Ofer Winter, sharply criticized the state's conduct three years after the October 7 massacre, claiming that the lessons have not yet been learned. Near Ben Gurion Airport, he referred to the Flydubai flight and said that Israel was a step away from the largest attack in its history, "Israel's 9/11," and that, as on October 7, heroic citizens saved the situation.

Chairman of the Amcha Israel party, Brig. Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter, harshly criticized the state's conduct three years after the October 7, 2023 massacre. In remarks delivered near Ben Gurion Airport, Winter claimed that the lessons from the disaster have not yet been learned. He referred to the Flydubai flight incident and stated that Israel was "a step away from the largest attack in the country's history," which he called "Israel's 9/11." According to him, similar to October 7, in this case too, heroic citizens took responsibility and saved the situation. The remarks were made ahead of the official state memorial ceremony for the October 7 massacre.