Investigators identified the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain on an Israel-bound flight as an Omani national. The case has raised questions over possible extremist links as fresh Gaza strikes killed five people overnight.

Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot whose co-pilot allegedly stabbed him during the Israel-bound flight, was hailed as a "hero" by his friends and neighbours in Dubai Thursday. The Indian embassy in the…