This was an attack on the Abraham Accords, Israel’s UN ambassador says

THE LIVES OF 174 PEOPLE. >> Laura: FRANK, THANK YOU. WE'LL COME BACK FOR MORE ON. THIS. WE ARE JOINED BY DANNY DANON, ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED. NATIONS AMBASSADOR TONIGHT, I. WANT TO START BY ASKING YOU. ABOUT DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL. KATZ. HE SAID. ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY. INFORMATION, THE TERRORISTS HAD. ONE INTENTION TO CRASH THE. AIRCRAFT WITH EVERY ON BOARD. WHAT FACTS HAVE YOU GATHERED. LEADING TO THIS CONCLUSION AS. THE DAY HAS UNFOLDED?

>> WELL, RADICAL INDIVIDUAL WE. STILL CANNOT LEAD IT TO A TERROR. ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR SURE WE. KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN INTENTION. TO BRING THAT PLANE DOWN AND WE. ARE GRATEFUL WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR. THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THAT ONE OF. THE -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A. BRAVE PILOT THAT WOULD FIGHT THE. TERRORISTS AND WILL OPEN THE. DOOR OF THE COCKPIT, ALLOWING. BRAVE PASSENGERS TO STEP IN AND. NEUTRALIZE THE THREAT AND YOU'RE.

GOING TO HAVE TWO MORE PILOTS. AND PASSENGERS THAT WERE ABLE TO. ACTUALLY LAND THE PLANE IN SAUDI. ARABIA. SO IT WAS A MIRACLE. AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE. IT WAS NOT ONLY AN ATTACK. AGAINST ISRAEL, IT WAS A RADICAL. ATTACK AGAINST THE ABRAHAM. ACCORDS, AGAINST THE MODERATE. COUNTRY IN THE REGION WE ARE. COLLABORATING WITH THEM ON ONLY. TWO DAYS AGO, PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU FLEW TO ABU DHABI TO. MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO. COOPERATE AGAINST THE THREAT TO. OUR REGION, AND YOU SEE THIS. TERROR ATTACK BEING PLANNED AND.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS OUR MOST. SUCCESSFUL. >> Kayleigh: AND THAT'S WHAT I. WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT DURING. MY TENURE AS WHITE HOUSE PRESS. SECRETARY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SIGNED THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS. THAT'S WHERE THAT FLIGHT TOOK. OFF FROM, AND THOSE PILOTS WERE. EXTRAORDINARY THE PILOTS IN. HELPING THAT PLANE TO LAND. IT LANDED IN SAUDI ARABIA, A. COUNTRY WITH WHICH YOU DO NOT. HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, BUT. SAUDI ARABIA STOOD UP AND. HELPED. HOW MUCH DID THE TRUMP ERA. DIPLOMACY IN WORKING WITH SAUDI.

ARABIA, WORKING WITH YOU, MENDING. FENCES AND BUILDING BRIDGES PLAY. INTO TODAY'S ACTIVITY TO SEE THE. REGION, TOGETHER LIKE THIS IN. SUCH A MAGNIFICENT FASHION? >> WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO WE ACTUALLY. CELEBRATED SIX YEARS OF THAT. GREAT MOMENT IN HISTORY, PRESIDENT TRUMP-LED THE COUNTRY. TO SIGN THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS. YOU ARE READING ABOUT THE. POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING THAT. EVEN WITH SAUDI ARABIA.

I BELIEVE THAT OCTOBER 2ND. WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. THREE YEARS AGO, BUT NOW WE. WOULD HAVE HAD A RELATIONSHIP. WITH THE SAUDIS AND TODAY WE ARE. ALSO -- TO THE SAUDIS FOR. ALLOWING THE PLANE TO LAND. WITH -- THEY GAVE TO THE. SURVIVORS, AND I THINK IT'S A. GOOD SIGN FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE. WE HAVE TO FIGHT TOGETHER THAT. FORCES IN THIS REGION. >> Kayleigh: FINAL QUESTION, WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. HEROES, THE PLUMBER WHO YANKED. THIS TERRORIST PILOT, AS YOU. SAY, OUT OF THE SEAT, AN ISRAELI.

DEAD WHO RAN TOWARD THE COCKPIT. THESE WERE HEROES. DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW DETAILS. ABOUT SOME OF THE HEROES WE'RE. LEARNING ABOUT THIS EVENING? >> WELL, A FEW OF THEM, IT'S NOT. ONLY ONE. A HERO AND THE PRESIDENT. MENTIONING -- DESPITE THE. TURBULENCE WHEN WE FLY INTO. TURBULENCE, WE HOLD OUR SEATS. THEY ACTUALLY STOOD UP. , RAN TO THE COCKPIT, AND. ACTUALLY NEUTRALIZED THE.

TERRORIST WHILE THE PLANE WAS. DIVING DOWN. THAT'S REMARKABLE. WE HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THEM, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TESTIMONY. FROM THAT -- WE HAVE TO REMEMBER. 25 YEARS AGO, AMERICAN HEROES, THE STORY -- ACTUALLY TRIED TO. ENTER THROUGH THE COCKPIT BUT. FAILED. LUCKILY FOR US, TH.