# Former Israeli PM thanks Saudi authorities after cockpit attack

https://mins.news/en/video/80910

- Fox News, 2026-09-30 19:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPNBW1U7nXY

> Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett discusses a flight originally bound for Israel that diverted to Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing after a pilot was stabbed. Experts also weigh in on the incident.

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