Tel Aviv, Oct. 2 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, October 2, warned that those behind the flydubai cockpit attack would pay a "very heavy price" if investigators establish that the co-pilot was acting on orders.

Netanyahu said authorities were examining whether the Omani co-pilot, who allegedly attacked Indian Captain Smit Machchhar aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, had been sent by another party.

In a post on X, Netanyahu said the picture was becoming clearer and claimed that the co-pilot had undergone Islamist radicalisation and intended to crash the aircraft with its passengers on board.

"We are clarifying right now if he was sent," Netanyahu said. "And whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price."

The incident...