Following sirens activated in the area of the Beit She'an Valley early on Friday morning, the Israel Air Force intercepted the hostile aircraft that crossed into Israeli territory from the east.

A 72-year-old man was killed on Friday while riding a motorcycle on Route 4 near the Hadarim Interchange.A Magen David Adom team reported finding the man with no signs of life and a severe head injury, and they were forced to pronounce him dead.MDA paramedic Anas Khatib stated, "The cyclist was lying on the road unconscious, with no pulse, unbreathing, and suffering from a severe head injury. We conducted medical examinations, but his injury was critical, and we had to pronounce him dead at the scene."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov held a meeting with the Israeli envoy to Moscow Simona Halperin on Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.The ministry said Bogdanov and Halperin discussed the situation in the Middle East, including Gaza and Lebanon, but provided no details.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed its full support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel's foreign minister said he was barring him from entering the country.The 15-member council said in a statement that “any decision not to engage with the UN Secretary-General or the United Nations is counterproductive, especially in the context of escalating tensions in the Middle East.”The statement did not name Israel. Such statements by the council are agreed by consensus.

Democratic US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would not negotiate in public when asked if he had urged Israel not to attack Iran's oil facilities."I know not to negotiate in public," Biden told reporters.