The "criminally responsible youth" allegedly walked to the Old Synagogue in Essen looking for further victim after stabbing two, which he failed to encounter, prosecutors said in a statement.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning System said there was a threat of a possible tsunami from the earthquake.

Qatari FM spokesman Majed al-Ansari questioned: "What does Israeli military supremacy mean for all of us when Israel can basically, at will, without consulting the US, bomb capitals in the region?"

Earlier, IDF Spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee issued another evacuation order for Gaza City residents to move southward. According to him, more than 250,000 Gazans have already left the city.

Trump held a peace summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15, and on an August 18 a White House summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and key European leaders.

Speaking to reporters before departure, Rubio reiterated that the US and President Donald Trump were not happy about the strikes.

The US and other Western allies of Poland expressed concern about the incident, fearing it may lead to further heightening tensions in the region.

The security agency's reservations on targeting terror officials in Doha likely influenced the operation to be airstrikes from fighter jets instead, as opposed to on the ground.