A Jewish couple from Sydney were travelling on a flydubai service to Tel Aviv when the aircraft was diverted following an allegation that one pilot had stabbed the other, Israel’s embassy in Australia said.
The embassy confirmed on Thursday that the two passengers were Australian citizens. More details are expected as the story develops.
Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.
From Hebron to Gaza to southern Lebanon, Israel is tearing down homes, and, with them, families' hopes of return.
Doctors and nurses struggle to cope with the horrors they endured during the height of the Gaza war.
Dozens of officers, some accompanied by police dogs, moved into Rossio Square in Lisbon early on Sunday.
Oman is in a unique position to mediate talks on a security arrangement that could stabilise the region.
It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.