A group of German tourists attacked a 22-year-old Israeli tourist vacationing in northern Thailand, Ynet reported on Sunday. "I passed by a group of four young Germans. One of them asked, 'Where are you from? Israel?' I turned around, and he punched me in the face," Ilay, the Israeli backpacker, told Ynet. "They pushed me, kicked me, and called me 'Israeli son of a wh***.'"Ilay additionally reportedly sustained a wound to his eye after one of his assailants attacked him. He also suffered from swollen ribs."I feel they were looking for Israelis," the Israeli added. "It didn't seem like a mistake."

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, visiting Damascus on Sunday, said the situation in Syria is "difficult," but the government of President Bashar al-Assad will successfully confront rebels like it did in the past.Araqchi was quoted by state media.

Police have launched an investigation into a car explosion in the Gush Etsyon area of Haifa on Sunday evening, Israeli media reported.