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Saudi Arabia turned down Israeli request to allow its planes to pick up Israeli passengers: Security sources to Reuters

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30-09-2026 | 11:04

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Saudi Arabia turned down Israeli request to allow its planes to pick up Israeli passengers: Security sources to Reuters

Saudi Arabia turned down a request by Israel to allow its planes to bring back Israeli ‌passengers from a flydubai flight that made an emergency landing in the kingdom, two security sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

The request was made to allow Israeli military ⁠planes to bring back Israelis from Saudi Arabia, which has no diplomatic relations with Israel, the sources said.

Saudi Arabia's government media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Israeli air force was preparing to send Super Hercules planes ‌to ⁠pick up Israeli passengers, one of the sources said.

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