The plane was a Tu-134 with the registration “RA-65992,” which is detected for the transport of Russia’s senior defense and intelligence officials.
Aviation observers tracked the unusual flight between Israel and Syria, which carried the callsign “RFF7162”.
ABSOLUTELY rare Israeli flight direct to new Saudi mega-city Neom on Red Sea shore
It was Bibi’s ex-fav bizjet t7-cpx. Back to Tel Aviv after 5 hours on ground pic.twitter.com/Ty9aedYbsK
— avi scharf (@avischarf) November 23, 2020
According to Avi Scharf, an editor of Israel’s Haaretz, another flight will follow the same route on April 30.
BINGO
After small diplo diversion, an actual DIRECT flight from Israel to Syria, Russian AF vip jet now landing Latakia from Tel Aviv
ra-65992may happen again on Friday.
wonder what’s up
ht @ItayBlumental pic.twitter.com/skuXdAKBXg— avi scharf (@avischarf) April 27, 2021
The plane was most certainly carrying Russian defense of intelligence officials, who were visiting Tel Aviv. The Russian officials may have been discussing matters related to Syria in Israel.
Earlier this year, Moscow brokered a prisoners swap deal between Damascus and Tel Aviv.
The deal saw the release of an Israeli girl who was apprehended after crossing into Syria illegally as well as a Syrian anti-occupation activist from the occupied Golan Heights and two local shepherds from al-Quneitra.
Russia may be working to broker a new swap deal between Syria and Israel. To this day the remains of several Israelis, including spymaster Eli Cohen, remain in the hands of Damascus.
Source: SOUTHFRONT