Journalists from the French news agency AFP reported hearing explosions in Dubai and Manama, the capital of Bahrain. No further information regarding the cause or impact of the incidents has been released.
The Public Prosecution Service has demanded a 12-month sentence for a 17-year-old boy accused of causing an explosion at the Atrium office complex on the Zuidas in mid-March. The suspect, whose case was heard behind closed doors due to his age, is also linked to an earlier explosion at a Jewish school in Buitenveldert, with the court scheduled to deliver its verdict on August 20.
For the first time, an Israeli settler has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of Palestinian journalist Awdah Hathaleen on the West Bank. Hathaleen had contributed to the documentary 'No Other Land' prior to his death.