If this had been JFK not TLV and American fighters/
Could be related but at about 1100GMT today (13th April) flying over central France heard a transmission on 121.5 a bit like this:
"Continental Airlines 7X7 at FL 370 on (easterly heading), XXX bearing from Marseilles XX miles with Mirage 2000 on your right wing do you read?"
This was repeated a few times (showing an easterly track from Marseille) then nothing heard, assumed it was a Radio Failure.
So I suspect the Israeli Fighters were probably the last defence . Were the French and others caught with their pantaloons down?
The report should make for interesting reading
ATB,
ptc