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President Donald Trump threatened on October 1 to retaliate "very hard" against Iran if it is found responsible for an attack on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, where the pilot was reportedly assaulted by the co-pilot. During a press conference at the White House, Trump also suggested that it was possible he would resume bombing operations in Iran after the U.S. midterm elections due to concerns about losing Republican control of Congress and his low approval ratings related to the conflict with Iran.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signalled an emergency over Jordanian airspace, turning around shortly after and landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia. The plane, carrying approximately 150 passengers mostly Israeli citizens, transmitted distress signals indicating possible unlawful interference but was later found safe with no hijacking involved. Instead, the situation stemmed from a physical altercation between the pilots. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held urgent consultations and the Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter jets in response to initial fears of a hijack attempt.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverts Due to Co…” on 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 282 other(s) covering the same event.
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Trump vows to hit Iran ‘very hard’ if linked to flydubai attack
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US President Donald Trump said on Oct 1 that Tehran was likely involved in an attack by a pilot on a flydubai flight to Israel and that Iran would be “hit very hard” if it was.
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it → say → Israel
The co-pilot allegedly assaulted the captain before passengers managed to save the plane from crashing.
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Israel’s prime minister said the man had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination.”
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man → say → indoctrination
“I would say the answer, based on what I’m hearing, is yes, but we’re working on it right now,” Trump said, when asked by reporters at the White House whether Iran was involved in the incident on the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
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Iran → say → Aviv
On whether the United States would retaliate against Iran if it was responsible for the attack, Trump replied: “Oh, they’ll be hit very hard, don’t worry.”
The US leader’s threat of retaliation came as he took a harsher tone on the stalled Iran war overall.
Trump was quoted as saying in a Time magazine interview published on Oct 1 that it was “possible” he may resume bombing Iran after US midterm elections in November.
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Republicans fear they could lose control of Congress in the Nov 3 election, with Trump’s approval ratings at near-record lows over the Iran war and a surge in the cost of living fuelled by high oil prices.
He also reiterated the threat to “annihilate” Iran that he made in his speech to the UN General Assembly last week, despite having previously cast himself as the “president of peace.
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“Yeah, I would do that.
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It’s possible,” Trump told Time.
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“Because by annihilating Iran, we’ve created peace in the world.
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With Iran, I don’t think you could ever have peace.”
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Iran continues to exert control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz more than seven months after the initial US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic.
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Trump says the war is about preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
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The United States was, meanwhile, set to send a third US aircraft carrier and up to 10,000 extra service members to the Middle East by the end of November, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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It was not immediately clear if the new carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, would replace one of the two carriers already in the region.
Trump had told aides he expected to resume bombing by late November, the Journal quoted him as saying.
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