Israeli Intelligence Managed to Prevent a Daesh-Inspired Plot to Down a Passenger Jet

• 02.22.2018, 14:34
•  Near East,  World

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Information provided by Israeli intelligence helped prevent a terror attack aboard an "Australian airliner," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a meeting with US Jewish leaders in Jerusalem, Sputnik News reports. 

"The Israeli intelligence services thwarted the downing of an Australian plane, an unimaginable slaughter," Netanyahu said, adding that "this would have caused a major disruption in global air transport, and this is only one of dozens of terrorist attacks we have foiled around the world."

Prior to Netanyahu's speech, the Israeli Defense Forces revealed that Unit 8200 of the country's military intelligence had thwarted an "air attack abroad" by Daesh terrorists.

"The thwarting of the attack led to the saving of the lives of dozens of innocent people and demonstrated that Unit 8200 is a player in the intelligence war against Islamic State [Daesh]," the army said.