A missile barrage from Iran triggered alarms across southern and central Israel, with police investigating possible shrapnel damage. One man was killed, and several others were reported injured after Iran launched a missile barrage toward southern and central Israel late Friday night, the first attack after nine hours without launches.

The UN warned Israel over alleged abuses against rights defenders and detainees, calling for stronger legal protections and impartial investigations. The UN Committee Against Torture addressed several concerns with Israel's alleged mistreatment of human rights defenders, journalists, whistleblowers, prisoners, and former military advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, in a statement last week.

A former school bus aide pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting three nonverbal students with autism who were unable to report the abuse. Kiarra Jones, 30, entered guilty pleas to 12 charges under a plea agreement as she was about to go on trial in suburban Denver for abuse that was revealed in 2024 by bus surveillance video, according to prosecutors and court documents. Jones is represented by lawyers from the public defender’s office, which does not comment to the media on its cases.