Special war in Iran and tensions in the Middle East

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Iran war, media: Oman had banned the FlyDubai co-pilot from flying due to radicalisation

Netanyahu: "Clearer picture, attacker wanted to crash the plane." “They will be hit very hard, don't worry,” Trump said when a reporter asked him if the United States would retaliate if Tehran was proven responsible for the in-flight knife attack on the pilot of a Flydubai flight

US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit Iran "very hard" if Tehran's involvement in the mid-air knife attack on the pilot of a Flydubai flight were revealed. Following the attempted hijacking of one of its planes on Wednesday, FlyDubai has decided to suspend flights to and from Tel Aviv until October 15th.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon is sending a third strike group to the Middle East centered on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier and additional Marine Corps ships: the move, reports the Wall Street Journal, will lead to the arrival of an additional contingent of between 9,000 and 10,000 personnel in the region, just as President Donald Trump evaluates the possibility of resuming attacks against Iran after the mid-term elections. The ships, fighters, Marines and Navy personnel will arrive in the area by the end of November, officials cited anonymously as saying.

The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed the commander of Flydubai flight FZ1073 had previously been banned from flying by Oman over fears he had adopted radical ideological positions. Informed sources reported this to the Wall Street Journal. Despite this ban, the Omani pilot was hired by FlyDubai and was tasked with operating on the delicate route connecting the United Arab Emirates and Israel. It is not clear whether Oman shared concerns about the pilot's radicalization with other countries or airlines, nor was it possible to know the nature of that radicalization.

A missile launched by the Houthis hit a school in the southern Saudi Arabian city of Najran, causing material damage, the kingdom's civil defense said. The statement reported no injuries.

In New York the Peace Council presented a 2.45 billion plan for the reconstruction of the Strip, the result of a year of work with the technocratic Palestinian government. 66 projects are planned, an ISF base in Rafah and funds for the police and management of the crossings, while the issue of Hamas's disarmament remains unresolved. Israel has given assent in principle but is postponing implementation for the October 27 election campaign

More violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, where villages were attacked and Palestinian families were prevented from returning to their homes. Condemnation, partly by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who added: "They are a group of troublemakers"

Israeli settlers or soldiers shot dead a young Palestinian in the West Bank today; This is the second death of this type in two days. The incident of violence comes as Israel faces growing international criticism for increasing settler attacks, a phenomenon that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed ahead of the October 27 general election. In the latest incident, some Palestinians in Kobar, near Ramallah, attempted to pass through a gate recently erected by settlers to confine them inside the village, a tactic increasingly common in the occupied territories.

The Saudi-led coalition, fighting the Houthis in Yemen, said it had intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles aimed at Saudi Arabia.

According to the Lebanese News Agency (NNA), Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes on the southern Lebanese town of al-Mansouri.

The General Authority of Civil Aviation of the United Arab Emirates expressed great appreciation and commended the courage of Captain Sumit Machchhar and the exemplary conduct of the crew of Flydubai flight FZ1073.

Google has updated photos of some portions of Palestinian territory which further document the level of destruction brought about by the bombings and intervention of the Israeli army.

Israel is following the terrorist trail for what happened on a FlyDubai plane headed from Dubai to Tel Aviv: the co-pilot stabbed the pilot during the flight. The vehicle landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

G7 leaders condemn Iran's continued attacks on neighboring countries in the region and disruptions to international trade and energy security.

Israeli authorities are expected to question the co-pilot who allegedly attempted to crash a commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, informed sources said.

The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet killed Tamer Hamaideh, a Hamas sniper, in the Khan Younis area.

A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone strike near the Ansar roundabout, west of Gaza City.

European stock markets strengthened mid-session, supported by the drop in oil prices and government bond yields.