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El día después del fallido atentado contra el avión de Flydubai: cuáles son los nuevos desafíos de seguridad que enfrenta Israel

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El intento de atentado terrorista contra un vuelo de Flydubai que volaba el miércoles a Israel plantea nuevos desafíos para el gobierno de Benjamin Netanyahu. Más allá de la estricta seguridad aérea civil israelí, el incidente trae a la memoria los secuestros de aviones que conmocionaron al país en los años 70, a menos de un mes de las elecciones legislativas del 27 de octubre.

El problema es claro. Israel cuenta con una seguridad extrema en sus aeropuertos, que incluyen agentes armados a bordo de sus vuelos internacionales y sistemas antimisiles en su aerolínea de bandera El Al. Pero no puede controlar del mismo modo la salida de los vuelos internacionales que llegan desde un país extranjero. Tampoco a sus pilotos.

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“No es ningún secreto que los vuelos son un fin atractivo para países enemigos y grupos terroristas. Si el avión es secuestrado y obligado a aterrizar en territorio hostil, los secuestradores tienen a decenas e incluso cientos de pasajeros israelíes como moneda de cambio. Y si los secuestradores estrellan el avión, podrían estar matando a más civiles israelíes que una docena de atentados suicidas o ataques con cohetes exitosos”, advirtió el diario Times of Israel.

Israel estuvo el miércoles al borde de vivir uno de los días más trágicos desde los brutales ataques de Hamas el 7 de octubre de 2023. De hecho, el país se preparó “para una serie de escenarios catastróficos: desde un accidente en territorio israelí o en un país vecino, hasta la necesidad de derribar el avión para evitar un ´doble desastre´, o su secuestro con fines de negociación», escribió el influyente portal Ynet.

Cómo son las medidas de seguridad aeroportuarias

Los agentes israelíes saben que perpetrar un atentado terrorista en uno de sus aeropuertos o en alguno de los vuelos de sus líneas aéreas es virtualmente imposible. La seguridad es total.

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Las medidas incluyen:

  • Interrogatorios a los pasajeros y control de equipajes. Agentes entrenados buscan indentificar eventuales sospechosos y revisan cada objeto o valija con sistemas de última generación.
  • Seguridad a bordo. Las aerolíneas israelíes cuentan con agentes armados a bordo de todos sus vuelos internacionales.
  • Defensa en el aire. Sistemas antimisiles están instalados en los vuelos internacionales de El Al.
  • Puertas selladas. Las cabinas de mando son a prueba de balas. Deben permanecer cerradas con llave durante todo el vuelo. Incluso, hay un sistema de doble puerta. Siempre una de ellas estará bloqueada cuando el piloto o su copiloto salgan al baño.
Crece el temor en Israel por un atentado terrorista tras el intento de secuestro de un avión de Flydubai que transportaba a numerosos pasajeros israelies (Foto: REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

Pero poco puede hacer para controlar lo que pasa en un aeropuerto de otro país y mucho menos en una aerolínea foránea que traslada a pasajeros israelíes, como el caso del vuelo de Flydubai. La mirada ahora se dirige además a los pilotos de las líneas aéreas extranjeras.

“Puede ser que a partir de ahora Israel exija nuevos controles cruzados de los pilotos que vuelan a su pais. Puede ser una posibilidad o que esto implique aumentar el alerta”, dijo a TN el analista Said Chaya, director del Núcleo de Estudios de Medio Oriente (NEMO) de la Universidad Austral.

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La cifra de muertos por los terremotos en Venezuela podría superar ampliamente el conteo oficial

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El gobierno de Venezuela dice que 6509 personas murieron en los terremotos consecutivos en junio. Pero las proyecciones de diversas fuentes, entre ellas un análisis de The New York Times de edificios residenciales y el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por su sigla en inglés), sugieren que es probable que se trate de un subregistro considerable.

El USGS ha usado durante años la seriedad de los sismos, datos históricos y la distribución de la población para intentar calcular las muertes después de un terremoto. La información suele ser más precisa en incidentes con un mayor número de víctimas, como este, dijo David Wald, un sismólogo en el USGS.

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Para los terremotos de Venezuela, la estimación promedio del USGS es que murieron 53.000 personas, lo que significa que hay un 50 por ciento de probabilidad de que la cifra real sea superior a esa, y un 50 por ciento de probabilidad de que sea inferior.

El USGS también dice que hay aproximadamente un 81 por ciento de probabilidad de que la cifra real de muertes sea superior a 10.000.

Un obstáculo para calcular una cifra confiable de muertes en Venezuela es la ausencia de un censo oficial actualizado del gobierno.

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Para abordar ese problema, el USGS utiliza un modelo llamado LandScan para “envejecer” el censo más reciente. El modelo, desarrollado en el Laboratorio Nacional Oak Ridge, también utiliza cifras independientes de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para perfeccionar las proyecciones. LandScan utiliza decenas de otras variables, como el uso del suelo, los caminos y la proximidad a las áreas urbanas para calcular dónde es probable que estén las personas cuando la tierra tiembla.

El gobierno venezolano no respondió a los mensajes en los que se detallaban nuestros hallazgos y se le solicitaban comentarios.

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Dr Oz takes Americans behind the doors of ‘clubhouse for crooks’ as feds hunt Medicare fraud

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FIRST ON FOX: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz is taking Americans inside the Trump administration’s war on healthcare fraud in a new documentary highlighting massive Medicare schemes, suspected hospice scams and allegations of organized crime involvement.

The 27-minute film, «War on Fraud,» first obtained by Digital, follows Oz across the country as he spotlights alleged fraud schemes targeting taxpayer-funded health care programs and details the administration’s efforts to crack down on those responsible.

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«All these programs come back to one basic issue: Fraudsters and criminals don’t give a s— about you. They want your money, and they will walk all over your health, sacrifice your life and betray society’s trust to get your hard-earned money,» said Oz in the video. 

The documentary follows Oz across the country as he investigates suspected fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid, hospice care and other programs, with appearances from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Deputy Administrator Kim Brandt.

DR OZ SAYS 800 HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPENDED IN CALIFORNIA OVER ALLEGED $1B MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME

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Digital accompanied Oz Tuesday as he confronted workers at New York City senior day care centers suspected of questionable Medicaid billing practices during a sweeping federal fraud investigation.

More than 80 New York City providers received warning letters from CMS over questionable billing practices as part of a broader operation involving the FBI, HHS-OIG, NYPD and other agencies.

«FBI New York, along with multiple other law enforcement agencies are conducting law enforcement activity in the area of Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn and other locations around New York City in connection with ongoing federal investigations,» an FBI spokesperson said of the crackdown. 

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ON THE STREETS WITH DR OZ AS SURPRISE FRAUD CRACKDOWN SENDS DAYCARE DIRECTORS SCRAMBLING

Oz flagged what he described as a series of irregularities, including low attendance despite high Medicaid billing, questionable wheelchair transportation charges, seniors entering without signing in, inconsistent attendance claims and sign-in sheets containing future-dated entries.

The crackdown comes as CMS is pulling back the curtain on its broader war on fraud, releasing a new documentary that takes viewers inside the agency’s efforts to track down schemes siphoning taxpayer dollars from America’s healthcare programs.

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In one segment of the film, Oz highlights hospice care as a hotbed for potential fraud, pointing to the Los Angeles area, where he says roughly 2,000 hospice providers operate, a concentration he argues has raised serious concerns about fraudulent billing.

FBI ADDS 2 FUGITIVES TO ‘MOST WANTED FRAUDSTERS’ LIST AMID HISTORIC $6.5B HEALTHCARE TAKEDOWN: PATEL

Oz claims in the documentary that Russian organized crime groups are involved in some suspected hospice fraud operations, alleging that unsuspecting patients are being enrolled in hospice care under false pretenses.

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He claims the schemes involve falsely declaring patients terminally ill and misleading them into enrolling in hospice care, potentially limiting their access to treatment for conditions classified as terminal while allowing fraudulent operators to bill Medicare for services under false pretenses.

Minnesota has become a major focus of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on government benefits fraud following a series of high-profile scandals involving taxpayer-funded programs.

VANCE-LED TASK FORCE CUTS OFF $1.4B FROM HOME HEALTH, HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPECTED OF FRAUD

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Oz said Minnesota’s $250 million «Feeding Our Future» scandal helped intensify the administration’s focus on large-scale fraud, pointing to a case that erupted into the national spotlight in 2022 and has since produced a wave of federal convictions.

The White House Task Force on Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance, has joined Oz in a media blitz highlighting alleged scams as the administration ramps up its crackdown on corruption in taxpayer-funded programs.

The documentary highlights one of the largest alleged Medicare fraud schemes in U.S. history, involving $3.7 billion in fraudulent billing claims tied to medical equipment companies operating in Delray Beach, Florida, according to federal prosecutors.

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Federal prosecutors allege the scheme involved billing for medical equipment patients never requested or needed, and the accused ringleader fled the U.S. before being captured in Turkey and returned to South Florida to face federal charges.

FBI BRINGS BACK FUGITIVE ACCUSED IN $3.7B MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME AFTER CAPTURE IN TURKEY

The documentary also shows Oz during an earlier visit to Flushing, Queens, where he describes a cluster of businesses — including a social adult daycare center, pharmacy and medical center — as a «clubhouse for crooks,» alleging the businesses are part of a fraudulent billing operation.

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Oz says they recruit seniors, get them in, game the system and they use their ID numbers to charge everybody, «which means they are charging you.»

The documentary will be released Wednesday at 4 P.M. ET on Oz’s X account.

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Pope Leo XIV needs no further cancer treatment after lung tumor removed, doctors say

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Pope Leo XIV will need no further treatment for lung cancer after final tests confirmed the disease was localized, his doctors said Wednesday.

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Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora announced the findings just over a week after surgeons removed a tumor from the pontiff’s right lung.

«The final histopathology and molecular testing reports on the tissue removed during the Holy Father’s surgery were issued today,» the doctors said in a statement.

POPE LEO WELCOMED BACK AS HE DELIVERS ANGELUS PRAYER DAYS AFTER LUNG CANCER SURGERY

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«The results confirmed that the tumor was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized. A subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that no further treatment is necessary.»

Pope Leo underwent surgery Oct. 13 at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. The operation lasted about 90 minutes, with the pope spending approximately three hours in the operating room, according to the Holy See.

«The doctors said it was successful and there were no complications,» the Holy See press office said after the procedure.

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The pontiff awoke normally and returned to his hospital room following a brief observation period, Vatican News reported.

RECOVERING FROM LUNG SURGERY, POPE LEO URGES PUTIN TO AGREE TO CEASEFIRE IN RUSSIAN-HELD UKRAINE CITY

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, on October 21, 2026. (Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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He was discharged Saturday after blood tests and a chest X-ray confirmed he was well enough to return to the Vatican. Thousands of supporters gathered outside the hospital, shouting «Papa!» as he departed.

Before leaving, Leo visited the children’s oncology ward, where young patients had sent him letters during his hospital stay.

POPE LEO’S LUNG TUMOR RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT CANCER RISK FOR NONSMOKERS

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Pope Leo reacts while sitting in a car as he leaves Gemelli Hospital following his lung surgery and cancer diagnosis, in Rome, Italy, October 17, 2026.

Pope Leo reacts while sitting in a car as he leaves Gemelli Hospital following his lung surgery and cancer diagnosis, in Rome, Italy, October 17, 2026. (Remo Casilli/Reuters)

«Pope Leo, our prayers are for you,» a girl named Eleonora wrote in a letter released by Vatican News.

«May God, the Most Holy Virgin, and the guardian angels always protect you,» she added.

Eleonora’s mother told the pope her daughter was now healthy, according to the Vatican.

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«Faith moves mountains,» Eleonora wrote. «God has heard our prayers.»

Fox News Digital’s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.

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