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  • Flight carrying 80 Israelis lands in Saudi Arabia due to medical emergency

    The Israeli was transferred to a local hospital for medical treatment, according to N12.

    A FlyDubai flight carrying about 80 Israelis had to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday due to one of the passengers suffering from a stroke, according to local media.

    The flight was initially scheduled to land at Ben-Gurion Airport at 5:45 p.m. after departing from Dubai International Airport in the UAE at 4:17 p.m. Instead, it landed in Riyadh at 5:45 p.m.

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    The plane received exceptional permission to land in Riyadh to treat the passenger. The Israeli was transferred to a local hospital for medical treatment, according to N12. The passengers spent about an hour on Saudi soil and then took off again for Israel, the report said.

    Passengers seen at the Ben-Gurion Airport train station, August 17, 2025 (credit: FLASH90/CHAIM GOLDBERG)

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    A similar incident happened just over two years ago when an Air Seychelles flight carrying 128 Israelis made an emergency landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, due to a technical issue.

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  • Israel intercepts Yemen-launched missile

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday they intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, which triggered air raid sirens across multiple areas in Israel during the night.

    Residents in Tel Aviv and other cities rushed to shelters. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The alert comes after a series of recent drone and missile attacks from Yemen.

    The Houthis later claimed responsibility for the attack.

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    Since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia has repeatedly launched rockets and drones at Israel, citing solidarity with Hamas.

    Houthi attacks have often targeted Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv and Ramon Airport in southern Israel. Israel has retaliated with airstrikes in Yemen, saying it targets locations linked to Houthi military operations.

    In the most recent Israeli airstrike in Yemen on Wednesday, the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry reported at least 35 people killed. In late August, Houthi leaders, including their prime minister and several ministers, were killed in Israeli strikes.

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