New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- As public admiration mounts over the extraordinary valour shown by Captain Smit Machchhar during the mid-air security crisis, Israel's Consul General in Mumbai, Yaniv Revach, has strongly condemned the incident as a clear act of terror, dismissing attempts by certain international outlets to frame the confrontation as a routine dispute between crew members.

Speaking to ANI, Revach said, "First of all, I don't think that it might be a terror attack. It is a terror attack. So there's not even a question or a doubt about it. First of all, we just want to express our deepest gratitude on behalf of the State of Israel and the people of Israel. And we would like to honour the exceptional behaviour of Captain Smit Machchhar...