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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T05:23:32.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "British war graves damaged by Israeli forces in Gaza were 'used to store Hamas weapons'",
    "British and allied war graves bulldozed in Gaza cemetery during war with Israel",
    "Palestinian refugee family refused right to settle in Britain over 'national security risk'",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA Wizz Air flight had to be intercepted by fighter jets after a child changed his parent's phone's Wi-Fi password to the word \"terrorist\".\n\nThe Israeli Air Force scrambled jets to escort the passenger plane flying into Ben Gurion Airport from London Luton after a passenger reported receiving a \"threatening message\" on the phone.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIsraeli media reported that the message appeared on the phone of an ultra-Orthodox couple.\n\nThe supposed message was in fact the name of the child's parent's mobile hotspot which read \"terrorist\" in Arabic.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Wizz Air flight was then escorted to the Tel Aviv travel hub by the Israeli jets.\n\nData from FlightRadar showed the flight making loops over the Mediterranean Sea before it landed in the Holy Land.\n\nBomb-sniffing dogs were then deployed to investigate passengers as they arrived at the airport.\n\nA spokesman for the Israeli Airports Authority said: \"Due to suspicion of suspicious behaviour on the plane, security forces acted according to the procedures for such a case. The incident ended.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"The plane landed and it was found that there was no actual incident.\"\n\nAfter a brief pause, air traffic from and to Ben Gurion resumed.\n\nIn January, a similar false bomb threat on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul led to an emergency landing at Barcelona's El Prat Airport.\n\nIt was also detected after a passenger created an in-flight hotspot that included a bomb threat in its name.\n\n### LATEST ISRAEL NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * British war graves damaged by Israeli forces in Gaza were 'used to store Hamas weapons'\n  * British and allied war graves bulldozed in Gaza cemetery during war with Israel\n  * Palestinian refugee family refused right to settle in Britain over 'national security risk'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNo explosives were found by Spain's Guardia Civil police force following a thorough inspection of the aircraft.\n\nLast year, Buzz, a Polish airline operated by the Ryanair group, was escorted by two German fighter jets after a potential security threat.\n\nThe Sofia, Bulgaria, to London Stansted flight was rerouted around halfway through its three-hour flight after a man who was not on the flight said a Palestinian passenger planned to \"do bad things\".\n\nSimilarly, an American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi was diverted to Rome by two fighter jets last year.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNBC reported at the time that a bomb threat was sent via email.\n\nOne of the passengers, Neeraj Chopra, told AP: \"I felt a little panic of, OK, what’s going on here? There’s got to be like something bigger going on here.\"\n\nFlight 292 was then inspected by law enforcement - and no credible threat was found.\n\nGB News has approached Wizz Air regarding the Luton-Ben Gurion flight.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Wizz Air flight intercepted by fighter jets after child 'changes his phone's name to terrorist' sparking bomb scare"
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