Here are Friday’s latest updates:
■ The IDF said that troops in Gaza on Friday “identified a terrorist who crossed the Yellow Line and approached the troops”, and that the IAF subsequently “eliminated the terrorist.”
■ Israel Police are expected to ask Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for permission to question far-right MK Limor Son Har-Melech of the Otzma Yehudit party, who on Thursday entered Gaza overnight with dozens of civilians to call for resettlement of the Strip.
■ U.S. President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclear weapons.
■ The militant group Hamas is holding elections to determine its new interim leadership, according to a report in the BBC. The front-runners are said to be Khalil al-Hayya, a Hamas leader in Gaza who is thought to be aligned with former leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh; and Khaled Meshal, who leads the Hamas movement outside of the Palestinian territories.
■ A court has extended the detention of a 19-year-old resident of Bnei Brak who is suspected of tipping over a police car during Sunday’s riots in the ultra-Orthodox city, which were sparked by the visit of two female IDF soldiers.
■ The Jordanian Waqf, which oversees administration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, estimated that around 80,000 worshippers participated in the first Friday prayers of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.