The state-run Tehran ‌Times reported one explosion at a residential building in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, near Iran's border with Iraq, which killed four people. A separate explosion occurred at Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas. Israeli officials denied the country's involvement

While the protest remains nonpartisan and civilian-driven, reflecting a simple demand for safety despite little expectation of action from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, it may send a crucial message of sanity in an otherwise insane reality

The victim, Khaled Mahamid, in his 30s, was shot in the street in his village in northern Israel. According to Haaretz tracking, 26 people have been killed since the beginning of the year, 22 of them from the Arab community