Here are some of Friday’s updates from the Israel-Gaza war:
■ Israel asked Qatar to increase funds transferred to Hamas in Gaza in September 2023, according to reports by Yedioth Ahronoth.
■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has landed in Israel after a trip to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for the fifth time in 2025.
■ President Trump warned, in a Truth Social post, that Washington would intervene if Iran used lethal force against peaceful demonstrators.
■ Several people were killed during protests over Iran’s worsening economic conditions, according to Iranian media and rights group.
■ IDF announced that it struck Hezbollah military infrastructure and a training compound for the elite Radwan Force in southern Lebanon.
■ Foreign ministers from eight Arab and Muslim nations urged Israel to allow immediate humanitarian aid to Gaza amid worsening conditions.
■ A Palestinian Bedouin family fled their home in the Taibeh area in the West Bank, following recurring harassment by settlers from nearby outposts.
■ 15 people, including children, were evacuated for medical treatment following tear gas inhalation by IDF forces in the village of Khallet al-Louza, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to Palestinian reports.
■ Hollywood actor and former UN special envoy, Angelina Jolie, visited the Rafah crossing to assess the condition of wounded Palestinians transferred to Egypt and examine the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip.