Woman Fatally Stabbed at Home in Beer Sheva; Husband Suspected

Good Morning, Israel · Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 7:59

Episode 14 · Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 7:59

Woman Fatally Stabbed at Home in Beer Sheva; Husband Suspected

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1. Woman Fatally Stabbed at Home in Beer Sheva; Husband Suspected
2. UAE Vows Severe Punishment for Flydubai Co-Pilot in Ben Gurion Attack Plot
3. Joint List Offers Support for Netanyahu Alternative Government
4. US Urged Israel to Strike Iran Before Elections, Report Claims
5. Abu Mazen Postpones Palestinian Elections Until 2027, Faces Fierce Criticism
6. Palestinian Authority Postpones Legislative Elections to 2027

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Maya

The Flydubai copilot accused of plotting to crash a jet into Ben Gurion Airport allegedly started planning nine years ago.

Daniel

And the Arab Joint List says it's open to backing a government without Benjamin Netanyahu, on its own terms.

Maya

This is Good Morning, Israel from baba News. It's Sunday, October eleventh. I'm Maya.

Daniel

And I'm Daniel.

Maya

Yesterday we told you the Emirates confirmed the target was Ben Gurion, Israel's main international airport. What's new?

Daniel

The timeline, and the man. The copilot is Hammam al Hammami, and he's from Oman. According to the U A E, he allegedly began planning this nine eleven inspired attack back in twenty seventeen.

Maya

Twenty seventeen. So this wasn't a sudden snap in a cockpit.

Daniel

No. He allegedly started while he was living in Australia, and gathered intelligence during his work trips.

Maya

Work trips. As a pilot.

Daniel

Right. Which is exactly what makes it so disturbing. His job gave him access, and according to the allegations, he used it to scout a terror attack on Israelis.

Maya

Does he say anyone helped him?

Daniel

He claims he acted alone. The U A E isn't taking his word for it. It's investigating possible accomplices.

Maya

And the Emirates have promised what, exactly?

Daniel

A severe punishment. And, notably, they acknowledged a failure. They admit they didn't detect his extremism.

Maya

That's rare. An airline's home country saying, we missed it.

Daniel

It is. And it feeds straight into the question Israel has been asking all along, about how foreign crews flying into Ben Gurion get vetted.

Maya

So the accomplice investigation is the thread to follow.

Daniel

Exactly. If he really was alone for nine years, that's one problem. If he wasn't, it's a much bigger one.

Maya

Now a terrible story out of Beer Sheva, the largest city in Israel's southern Negev desert.

Daniel

A woman in her forties was found stabbed in her home. She was taken to Soroka Medical Center, the main hospital in the south, and later died.

Maya

And police have made an arrest.

Daniel

Her husband, also in his forties, is suspected of murder.

Maya

Was anyone else home?

Daniel

Their five year old son was in the apartment when it happened.

Maya

That's heartbreaking.

Daniel

It is. Police say there were no previous domestic violence calls to that home. The motive and circumstances are still under investigation.

Maya

Which is often the hardest part of these cases. No warning anyone saw.

Daniel

Right, and it's why advocates in Israel keep pushing for earlier ways to spot danger inside families.

Maya

Politics. Sixteen days to the election, and the Joint List just moved a piece on the board.

Daniel

The Joint List is an alliance of Arab parties in the Knesset, Israel's parliament. Its head, Yousef Jabareen, says the party is willing to support an alternative government to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Maya

Willing, with conditions.

Daniel

Clear ones, he says. Negotiations would have to address Arab community priorities, and top of the list is fighting crime and violence in Arab towns.

Maya

Which is a real crisis there.

Daniel

It's one of the biggest issues for Arab Israelis. But Jabareen also said there are core principles the party won't compromise on, including its opposition to settlements and to the Nation State Law.

Maya

Remind people what that law is.

Daniel

It's a twenty eighteen Basic Law defining Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. Arab parties have opposed it from the start.

Maya

So why does this matter for the opposition?

Daniel

Because a lot of the anti Netanyahu bloc doesn't want to depend on Arab parties. An open offer forces them to answer the question.

Maya

And Likud gets to ask it loudly for two weeks.

Daniel

Exactly. It could become a key election issue.

Maya

Now a claim about Washington and Iran. Wait, who's reporting this?

Daniel

Israeli journalist Ben Caspit. According to his report, the Trump administration urged Israel to strike Iran before the U S midterm elections.

Maya

Why the timing?

Daniel

According to the report, Washington wanted to avoid political risk. And the push was reportedly linked to Iran rebuilding its drone and missile production.

Maya

So Iran's restocking, and someone wanted it dealt with before November.

Daniel

That's the claim. And according to the same report, I D F Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned that a strike could lead to Israel's own elections being postponed.

Maya

Which, sixteen days out, would be enormous.

Daniel

Right. The report says the initiative has since been halted. And Prime Minister Netanyahu's own position isn't clear.

Maya

The thing nobody disputes is that Iran is rebuilding.

Daniel

Exactly. Whatever happened in those conversations, that threat to Israel hasn't gone away.

Maya

To Ramallah. Yesterday we told you Palestinian elections were slipping. Now there's a date.

Daniel

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, issued a decree. The legislative elections set for November twenty eighth are now pushed to September eleventh, twenty twenty seven.

Maya

Nearly a year.

Daniel

And they'll be combined with presidential elections.

Maya

What reason did he give?

Daniel

The Palestinian Authority blames Israeli security measures in the West Bank and Gaza, and says conditions for a fair vote aren't there.

Maya

Blaming Israel. Convenient.

Daniel

That's their claim. And plenty of Palestinians don't buy it. Mohammed Dahlan, a former senior Fatah official and a longtime rival of Abbas, called the postponement a blatant crime.

Maya

Strong words from inside the house.

Daniel

Very. And the widely held reading is that Fatah, the party that runs the Palestinian Authority, is trying to avoid losing.

Maya

Losing to whom?

Daniel

Partly to a possible joint list with Hamas, which Dahlan had been working to put together.

Maya

So the real obstacle to this election isn't the I D F. It's the prospect of Hamas winning at the ballot box.

Daniel

That's the point. And for Israel, a vote that hands the terrorist organization Hamas more power in the West Bank is precisely the danger.

Maya

Let's do a quick round. Money first.

Daniel

Israel's Finance Ministry is exploring a capital gains tax exemption of up to forty five million shekels for tech founders and investors.

Maya

To keep them from leaving.

Daniel

Right. It's inspired by American tax incentives. The worry is Israeli tech companies expanding abroad, and that hits growth and exports.

Maya

Tech is basically the engine.

Daniel

It is. And there's also talk of changing how employee stock options are taxed.

Maya

Next, Central America.

Daniel

An earthquake hit Panama on Friday evening. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told the Foreign Ministry and the Israeli embassy in Panama to coordinate emergency aid.

Maya

What's being sent?

Daniel

Drinking water and food. It's being handed out with Panamanian authorities in places like Playa Venao, where infrastructure is damaged and water is short.

Maya

Water is what you need first.

Daniel

Exactly.

Maya

And Benny Gantz is relaunching.

Daniel

Gantz leads National Unity, a centrist party. It's started a new campaign for the October twenty seventh election, called We Choose Unity and Save the State.

Maya

Even though the polls have it below the threshold.

Daniel

Right. That's the minimum vote share a party needs to get into the Knesset at all.

Maya

How does he answer that?

Daniel

He points to past comebacks and his own internal polling. The campaign targets undecided voters.

Maya

A unity slogan from a party fighting to survive.

Daniel

He'd say that's exactly why it needs unity.

Maya

Something to watch today?

Daniel

The rest of the opposition. Watch whether its leaders accept or reject the Joint List's offer, because their answer could shape the last two weeks of this campaign.

Maya

Follow Good Morning, Israel so tomorrow's episode is waiting for you.

Daniel

See you tomorrow morning.