Indian Envoy to Belgium Manjeev Singh Puri expressed his grief over the death of Infosys employee Raghvendra Ganeshan, who went missing after the Brussels airport terror attack. He added that Raghvendra's family has taken his mortal remains and will be transferring them to Chennai via Amsterdam. Puri added that there had been no terrorist attack in Belgium and this was the first time the Belgian airport was targeted after Second World War.
8:5A Haaretz investigation alleges that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu roughly 10 days before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, warning that Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation.
8:7German police launched a major security operation after suspected improvised rocket-launch devices were reportedly discovered near a power substation close to the Weisweiler power plant in western Germany.