Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called it a "very dangerous escalation" in the terrorist campaign against Israel. Israeli targets and citizens were targeted in a concerted two-pronged terror offensive this morning in Kenya, in and over the southeast Kenyan seaside resort city of Mombasa.
In the first incident, unidentified terrorists fired two or three shoulder-launched missiles at Arkia Airlines flight #582 on its way from Mombasa to Israel with over 260 passengers and crew on board. The missiles missed the plane, and all passengers aboard are safe. The plane continued on its route and is expected to arrive in Israel at about 12:30PM local time.
In the first incident, unidentified terrorists fired two or three shoulder-launched missiles at Arkia Airlines flight #582 on its way from Mombasa to Israel with over 260 passengers and crew on board. The missiles missed the plane, and all passengers aboard are safe. The plane continued on its route and is expected to arrive in Israel at about 12:30PM local time.