1 Hamas says the burning to death of a Palestinian toddler shows the true face of the Israeli regime, and that Tel Aviv must be held accountable for such criminal acts.
2 Israel officials resort to damage control tactics amid international anger at the burning to death of the Palestinian toddler. The attack is now being addressed as a terrorist act.
3 Iran’s foreign minister calls for a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East, urging the international community to address the issue of Israel’s undeclared atomic arsenal.
4 At least four Saudi soldiers are killed and eight others injured in retaliatory attacks by Yemeni fighters. This, as Saudi warplanes continue pounding the impoverished nation.
5 A judge enters not guilty pleas to dozens of hate crime charges against Dylann Roof, who’s accused of massacring nine parishioners at a black church in the U-S state of South Carolina last month.