Unknown assailants dispersed a toxic substance in classrooms at a school in northern Israel, and 60 students were taken to hospital. Police said they were doing well, but no arrests were reported.

Under the Taliban, girls' education in the country was significantly restricted and only primary schools remained open to them. The Taliban, which seized the country from the pro-Western government in 2021 after foreign forces withdrew, closed universities and high schools to women and girls. About 13,<> students have been poisoned in girls' schools in neighboring Iran since last November.