Netanyahu vows Israeli 'special forces' extraction if arrested during New York visit
Haaretz—Netanyahu says Israel has commandos on standby to extract him should he be detained during a planned New York visit, a threat tied to escalating rhetoric from NYC mayoral figure Zohran Mamdani over a potential arrest attempt. The Free Press reports Netanyahu is separately weighing a defamation suit against Mamdani over comments his camp calls smears, pushing the dispute beyond diplomatic channels. Both Haaretz and the Independent frame the special-forces remark as a signal Netanyahu views any detention attempt on U.S. soil as serious enough to warrant a physical extraction plan. Neither outlet details what "special forces" readiness would actually involve — troop numbers or deployment authority remain unstated by Netanyahu's office.