Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday invited Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped save a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight after being attacked in the cockpit, to visit Israel as a guest of honour.
"You are a true hero of the brave peoples of India and Israel, and you are a hero of the entire world," Netanyahu told Machchhar during a phone call, excerpts of which were released by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
"I invite you to light a torch at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony," the Israeli Prime Minister said.
