Eyal Zamir was due to meet CENTCOM and Joint Chiefs leaders on Iran and other threats, but chose to remain in Israel amid a concrete warning Hamas intends to attempt abduction of soldiers in Gaza, rising West Bank violence and continued high alert over Iran

Flight FZ1073 took off normally before plunging more than 14,000 feet, transmitting emergency and hijack codes and diverting to Saudi Arabia; passenger testimony describes a knife attack, a struggle in the cockpit and Israelis helping subdue the suspect

Rescue plane lands in Saudi Arabia as passengers begin boarding for Israel; investigators examine whether an emergency axe was used during the struggle and who wielded it

Executive Zvika Manes says three passengers restrained the suspected attacker with in-flight headphone cables; Netanyahu says an Israeli passenger and crew member entered the cockpit as the stabbing pilot tried to sabotage the aircraft’s systems

The passengers, including 27 children and Israelis who helped overpower the suspected attacker, return after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia; some initially refused another Flydubai flight but boarded after Riyadh rejected an Israeli rescue aircraft

Indian captain joined Flydubai in 2022 after 11 years at SpiceJet and logged more than 9,750 hours on Boeing 737s; an instructor captain with extensive command experience, he was wounded fighting the Omani co-pilot suspected of trying to crash the Israel-bound plane

Syrian forces arrested three Hezbollah operatives accused of trying to deploy missile launchers near the Israeli border; The operation targeted 'hostile activity' in the Yarmouk Basin as Damascus continues its crackdown on the Lebanese terror group

Qatar’s PM told Piers Morgan the US warned him before the war, called Netanyahu a 'war criminal' and rejected Bennett’s 'enemy state' claim; he denied Qatari funds reached Hamas; Bennett hit back: 'A terrorist in a suit'