Sources told The Jerusalem Post that the decision was a result of France taking a hostile attitude toward Israel over the last two years. Israel has halted selling defense products to France, three senior Israeli sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Yetbarek Dawit is alleged to have operated a multi-million-dollar operation, using torture to raise money.

Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland. The shipment of the crunchy bars, made of waffles covered with chocolate, disappeared last week while en route between production and distribution locations. The chocolate bars were to be distributed throughout Europe.