Officers thwarted an attack in Tel Mond early Wednesday morning after locating a bomb placed in a shopping center, Israel Police later announced.The thwarted attack reportedly had criminal, rather than nationalistic, motives.

Swedish officials said on Wednesday that an airplane carrying Sweden's foreign minister and justice minister has returned to Stockholm after suffering a technical problem while on its way to Turkey. Thus, a key security meeting will be postponed.Sweden's foreign ministry said the crew and passengers were not in any immediate danger. A new date will be set for the meeting.Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer were due to hold their first meeting with Turkish officials to discuss a security pact agreed to ensure Ankara's approval of Stockholm's NATO membership bid.Turkey approved Sweden's bid to join the military alliance in January after a more than year-long delay over Ankara's concerns about Sweden's stance on groups and individuals it deems terrorists and over an arms embargo that Stockholm later lifted.

Egypt affirmed its keenness on Lebanon's security and stability and preventing the violation of its sovereignty from 'any outside party', the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, shortly after deadly pager blasts in Lebanon that killed at least eight people.

North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Wednesday, Japan's Defense Ministry said.

Multiple drone intrusion alerts sounded in several localities in the area of lake Kinneret in northern Israel, starting at 4:32 a.m. local time on Wednesday.Sirens blared in Tiberias, Kfar Nahum, and Ginossar, among other places. Following the sirens, Israeli media reported there had been two interceptions above Tiberias, with no injuries being reported. Drone intrusion alerts sounded last in Tiberias on October 11, 2023. This comes after thousands of Hezbollah members were wounded in Lebanon on Tuesday when the pagers they used to communicate exploded. This is a developing story.