<p>The Trump administration is reportedly advancing a controversial plan to permanently relocate up to one million Gazans from the Gaza Strip to Libya. According to NBC News, discussions have involved Libyan leadership, with potential billions in frozen US funds offered in exchange.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p>Minister of Defense: 'We will strike the heads of the Houthis' - just as we did with the Sinwars in Gaza'</p>

<p>Senior Israeli official warns that if a hostage deal isn’t reached within days, the IDF will launch an offensive in Gaza with no pauses. While mediators proposed a new framework in Doha, Israel remains firm on the original Witkoff plan.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p>Initial report of a stabbing incident at the Chain Gate in Jerusalem's Old City.</p><p>The attacker has reportedly been neutralized. Magen David Adom said a 25-year-old Israeli was moderately wounded and is conscious.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p>Watch the aircraft take off: 15 Israeli fighter jets strike Houthi terror sites in Yemen Friday, dropping over 30 munitions on ports used for Iranian-backed weapons transfers.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Yisrael Ganz, head of Binyamin Regional Council, speaks in NYC after the terror attack in Bruchin, and urges applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. "When we stand together, no one can fight with us."

<p>The IDF Spokesperson's Unit stated on Friday evening, "Over the past 24 hours, the IDF has begun extensive strikes and deployed forces to seize strategic areas in the Gaza Strip, as part of the initial stages of Operation 'Gideon's Chariots' and the expansion of the campaign in Gaza, to achieve all objectives of the war, including the release of hostages and the defeat of Hamas."</p><p>"IDF forces under the Southern Command will continue to operate to protect Israeli citizens and fulfill the war's objectives," it added.</p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408497"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>