Iran-backed militias in Iraq claimed they launched cruise missiles toward Tel Aviv and Beersheba on Thursday afternoon in two statements published by the militias on Thursday night.No alerts were activated and no entry of projectiles was reported from the direction of Iraq at the time.The militias in Iraq have periodically claimed to have launched missiles and drones toward Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. While there have been a few isolated instances in which projectiles entered Israel from the direction of Iraq, the majority of the claims have been made in cases where no projectiles were reported from that direction.This is a developing story.

The IDF has informed humanitarian aid groups and the Biden administration of a plan to begin removing Gazans from Rafah ahead of an invasion, a US official and two other people familiar with the situation told Politico on Friday.This is a developing story.

Head of Hamas' political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has returned to Qatar following a two-week trip to Turkey in which he conducted a series of official meetings, the terrorist organization said on Friday.Some of the officials Haniyeh reportedly met with include Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's foreign minister, and the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.Hamas added that Haniyeh was received well by dozens of other Turkish leaders who expressed their solidarity with Gaza and the Palestinian people.

Dozens of people joined in protest outside of minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz's home in Rosh Haayain for the second week in a row to demonstrate against the government, Israel media reported on Friday.The demonstrators included reservists and activists from throughout the country. They accused the government of failing to return the hostages held in Hamas captivity and the neglect of thousands of evacuees from Israel's South and North.

Dror Or, a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri, was killed on October 7 and his body was taken by Hamas to Gaza, the kibbutz announced on Thursday evening.Or's wife, Yonat, was killed on October 7 as well and their children, Noam and Alma, were kidnapped and released in the ceasefire deal in November.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson, who introduced a contentious requirement for voters to show photo ID while voting, was turned away from a polling station on Thursday for forgetting to bring his.British media reported that Johnson, who quit in 2022 following a scandal-ridden premiership, was initially turned away at a polling station in Oxfordshire, southern England, while trying to vote in local elections taking place across England on Thursday.As prime minister, Johnson's government introduced the ID requirement in 2022 to crack down on possible voter fraud but it was heavily criticized for the potential to disenfranchise parts of the electorate.This is a developing story.