StandWithUs

The IDF has issued a comprehensive point-by-point response to "NAZA," the documentary that just won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival - flatly rejecting its central claims as factually wrong and manipulative. Among the IDF's key rebuttals: 🔴 AI has never independently selected targets to strike. 🔴 No IDF strike has ever been planned expecting 500 civilian deaths. 🔴 The term "Lavender" refers to an intelligence database - not a targeting system. And IDF directives explicitly prohibit directing strikes at civilians. "Had the filmmakers conducted adequate verification and corroboration of facts in good faith, as professional standards require, they could have identified the substantial errors presented in the film," the IDF stated. "The end result shows that they did not." Notably, the filmmakers never submitted their allegations to the IDF for review before publication - a standard journalistic practice they chose to skip. For the full statement: https://bit.ly/4e2a8UD

Here is everything you need to know about the unbelievable heroic story of the flydubai flight, that Israeli officials say could have been another 9/11 style attack - and the extraordinary heroes who stopped it. 🇮🇱✈️

Emotional moments: Hours after a cockpit attack forced their flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, the passengers of flydubai Flight FZ1073 were greeted by Ben Gurion air traffic controllers as they finally returned home safely. All 174 passengers, including 27 children, made it home on a replacement flight, thanks to the courage of the passengers, crew, and wounded captain who refused to let this end in tragedy.

WATCH: On October 7th, hundreds of ordinary Israelis didn't wait to be told what to do. They grabbed their pistols, ran toward danger, and didn't stop to ask who agreed with them politically. Yaakov Katz joins Michael Dickson on the StandWithUs Podcast to discuss what that day revealed: a warrior spirit, a resilience, a country that stood up when it mattered most. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now at https://bit.ly/4dbScql

What a day to be Israeli. After a terrifying cockpit attack on September 30, passengers on flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv were forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. And there, Saudi authorities and medical teams took care of the passengers and crew when they needed it most. Whatever the politics, humanity matters. Thank G-d they landed safely. And thank you, Saudi Arabia, for treating them with care and dignity. All 174 passengers, including 27 children, made it home on a replacement flight - thanks to the courage of the passengers, crew and wounded captain who refused to let this end in tragedy.

Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed in the cockpit, but he kept fighting to save the lives of everyone on board. 🇮🇳🇮🇱 During a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, he reportedly fought off his copilot after being attacked. The copilot allegedly tried to crash the aircraft, sending the plane into a terrifying descent. Passengers and crew members rushed to help overpower the attacker. With Captain Machchhar injured, other pilots on board took control and safely landed the plane in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Captain Machchhar, we salute your courage and wish you a full recovery.

Today would have marked Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's 98th birthday. Elie was a hero of human rights and a champion in the battle against antisemitism. He passed away in 2016, at the age of 87. May his memory and legacy forever be a blessing. 🕯️

🇮🇱 Welcome home. After a cockpit attack forced their flight to land in Saudi Arabia this morning, all 174 passengers, including 27 children, are finally back in Israel. Thank you to the brave passengers and crew who reportedly stopped the attacker. We salute your courage. 🤍

This is what a hero looks like. 🇮🇱 On September 30, 2026, as the Flydubai flight to Israel plunged toward disaster, Yaniv Hayun stepped forward. Together with fellow passengers and crew, he helped overpower the attacker, then pulled back on the controls until another pilot took over. In moments of terror, their courage helped save lives. Yaniv, we salute you and everyone who acted alongside you. 💙 📷 Kobi Gideon / GPO

We salute your courage. 🇮🇱 Israeli passengers and crew helped subdue a copilot suspected of stabbing the captain and trying to crash a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. After a terrifying plunge, control was restored and the plane landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Both pilots were hospitalized, and all passengers were confirmed safe. Today's incident remains under investigation. Your bravery helped save lives. 💙