Here are Friday’s latest updates:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not regret going to war against Iran despite its possible impact on the November U.S. midterm elections, telling Fox News that if he were to redo it, “I would do exactly as I did.”<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Trump rejected a request from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to launch strikes against Yemen’s Houthis after Mohammed bin Salman called \u2060the president \u2060twice, urging him to strike \u200cthe Iran-backed rebel group<\/a>, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two U.S. officials.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Orna Neutra, whose son Omer was killed in Hamas’ October 7 massacre, spoke at a Republican party convention on the anniversary of 9\/11, saying that “the same hatred, the same glorification of murder and the same responsibility to stand together against it” connected the two terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Slightly more American voters say their sympathies lie more with Palestinians than Israelis, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University, adding to evidence of the growing animosity toward Israel among the U.S. electorate.<\/p>\n \u25a0 All IDF battalions deployed in the West Bank were called up Friday morning for a surprise drill, the army said, to ensure operational preparedness ahead of the Jewish holiday period.<\/p>\n