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Israel claims it has prevented ‘several dozen major terrorist attacks’ in Europe — some involving planes

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his intelligence services have stopped many attacks in Europe.
  • He spoke of “mass attacks, of the worst kind,” which “involve civil aviation.”
  • That seemed to be an oblique reference to 9/11-style hijacking efforts.
  • Netanyahu spoke at a lunch with NATO member state ambassadors.

Israel’s security services have helped prevent “several dozen” catastrophic terror attacks in Europe, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Though he did not go into specifics, he claimed that the schemes in question would have been an order of magnitude worse than the likes of the attacks in cities like Paris, Nice, and Berlin, which had death tolls ranging from 35-135.

Netanyahu also said the worst attacks “involve civil aviation.”

Read the full article by Kieran Corcoran at Business Insider Australia.