Dagestan
An agitated crowd stormed the airport in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia on Sunday after hearing reports that a plane from Israel was going to land there, according to footage on Russian broadcaster RT and on social media. Reuters reports that a number of Israelis and Jews have been taken to safety in a sheltered room at the airport. The crowd broke through the doors of the terminal. Others broke through security barriers and ran off the runway. Some began searching cars heading away from the airport, the footage shows. Flights on their way to the airport were diverted after the incident. Dagestan has a predominantly Muslim population. During the Gaza conflict, anti-Jewish sentiment has intensified in the Russian Republic. /ritzau/AFP/