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Tel Aviv

city in Israel

Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 494,900, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high-tech hub.

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In the news

7 stories
  1. Oct 9
    Flydubai Co-Pilot Plotted Ben Gurion Attack
    BalancedDuring the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight on September 30, prosecutors say, he attacked the captain with an emergency axe and tried to seize control before the captain and passengers overpowered him.
    15articles
  2. Oct 8
    UK Downgrades East Jerusalem Consulate
    Left & CenterThe 19th-century office handles British relations with Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, separate from the UK embassy in Tel Aviv.
    10articles
  3. Oct 6
    Israel Readied Flydubai Shootdown
    BalancedOfficials described the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv incident as a terrorist attack, and a Middle Eastern official told NBC News that Hamam al-Hammami said he intended to crash the plane into Ben Gurion Airport or another building.
    7articles
  4. Oct 5
    FlyDubai Co-Pilot Allegedly Plotted Crash
    Center & RightPassengers and crew subdued him, and reserve pilots landed the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv plane in Saudi Arabia.
    17articles
  5. Oct 2
    Smit Machchhar Foils Cockpit Attack
    BalancedThe Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight, carrying about 182 people, had been forced into an emergency landing in Tabuk after the co-pilot allegedly stabbed Machchhar and the plane entered a steep dive.
    36articles
  6. Oct 1
    Flydubai Stabbing Probe Opens
    BalancedInvestigators in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Israel, the US and Oman opened probes after a Flydubai co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flight carrying about 174 people.
    59articles
  7. Sep 30
    Passengers Stop Pilot's Apparent Crash Attempt
    BalancedA FlyDubai passenger jet flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after a violent cockpit incident triggered emergency alerts.
    95articles

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    Flydubai Cockpit Attack Probe
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