A co-pilot stabbed the captain on a flight full of Israeli passengers, and while nobody died, the incident is already being used to push for confrontation with Iran.

• A Fly Dubai flight to Tel Aviv with 180 people aboard dropped half its altitude in under two minutes before emergency-landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
• The co-pilot, an Omani national, attacked the captain with a knife; people on board overpowered and handcuffed him, and both pilots went to hospital.
• Israel scrambled fighter jets after a distress code went out, then called them back once the plane landed safely.
• Israeli officials immediately called it a terror attempt and hinted at Iran, with no evidence and no claim of responsibility so far.
• Odd details remain unexplained: how a knife got on board, why an Omani pilot was flying a route into Israel, and why the attack came an hour before landing.

Outlook: Expect Israel to keep framing this as an Iranian attack ahead of its elections, while the real investigation — likely Saudi or Emirati — lags far behind the political narrative.