A Jewish man says Israeli police detained him and cut the Palestinian flag off his kippah. While Israeli law does not ban public display of a Palestinian flag, Israeli authorities can restrict or remove it if they determine it constitutes support for a terrorist organization or poses a risk of public disorder. In a statement, Israeli police acknowledged the incident but made no mention of the flags or of Sinclair’s allegation that an officer ruined the Jewish head covering. It said that he was detained but then released “following a clarification process.” CNN's Jake Tapper spoke to Alex Sinclair, who says he's filed a complaint with the Department for Internal Police Investigations, alleging unlawful detention and damage to property.
A Jewish man says Israeli police detained him and cut the Palestinian flag off his kippah. While Israeli law does not ban public display of a Palestinian flag, Israeli authorities can restrict or remove it if they determine it constitutes support for a terrorist organization or poses a risk of public disorder. In a statement, Israeli police acknowledged the incident but made no mention of the flags or of Sinclair’s allegation that an officer ruined the Jewish head covering. It said that he was detained but then released “following a clarification process.” CNN's Jake Tapper spoke to Alex Sinclair, who says he's filed a complaint with the Department for Internal Police Investigations, alleging unlawful detention and damage to property.
The Committee to Protect Journalists' MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah speaks to CNN's Becky Anderson about the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. Khalil worked for Lebanon's Al Akhbar newspaper and was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday in the south of the country, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).
Just days after an Israeli soldier was photographed hitting a crucifix with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon, Italian UN peacekeeping forces and the Vatican's ambassador to the country brought a replacement statue and cross to the Christian village of Debel. CNN's Senior International Correspondent Ivan Watson reports.
He’s the most feared delivery driver in Lebanon, able to create panic with just a knock on the door. He has a lookalike in Israel: the Israel Defense Forces’ Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee. Adraee is the man many in the Arab world have grown to associate with bombs and displacement, as he extended the Israeli army’s reach through social media. Adraee’s lookalike in Lebanon used the resemblance to his advantage, building a persona to counter Adraee’s content.
The US is putting pressure on Iran with its blockade, as US forces have boarded vessels in the Arabian Sea and nearly 2,000 miles off the Persian Gulf in the Indian Ocean. CNN’s Haley Britzky reports.
On the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he does not support war. CNN’s Christopher Lamb reports.
The Pentagon says US forces boarded a vessel carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, after warning it would target ships providing material support to Iran in international waters.
