Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, says that the 'Al-Aqsa Flood,' another name for the October 7th massacre, led to a significant change in the world's attitude towards Israel.

Influencer Montana Tucker featured a freed Israeli hostage in a skincare promo, drawing conflicting responses.

Some pro-Palestinian encampments want their schools to cut ties with Hillel, Chabad.

IDF releases new details on the complex operation to rescue the bodies of hostages Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez from the Gaza Strip.

Lebanese media report that Nahdiya Safieddine, mother of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, has passed away.

<p>German authorities arrest two men suspected of plotting a knife attack on worshippers at a synagogue in the city of Heidelberg.</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>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro say the time is not ripe to recognize a Palestinian state, after three other European countries did so.</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</i> is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of the Sabbath in North America, where they are being written now.</p><p>Updates will resume Saturday night from Israel, following the conclusion of the Sabbath at 20:17 Jerusalem time.</p><p>Shabbat Shalom!</p>