A grieving mother faced unimaginable trauma when her daughter survived a violent hijacking attempt on a commercial flight just weeks after losing her son in the October 7 Hamas attacks. The harrowing incident unfolded aboard a flydubai aircraft, where the mother’s youngest child was targeted in an assault that nearly ended in tragedy. The ordeal occurred as the family grappled with the lingering grief of the earlier massacre, adding another layer of devastation to an already shattered life. The close timing of the events underscores the emotional toll of recent conflicts on those directly affected.


An Israeli mom who lost her son in the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre nearly buried another child when her daughter survived an attempted hijacking aboard a flydubai flight Sept. 30 -- just days before the third anniversary of the attack.