Here are Friday’s key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:
■ The IDF said it had killed a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line in southern Gaza.
■ Hostage Meni Godard’s body was confirmed as his after being returned to Israel on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
■ The IDF declared a West Bank village a closed military zone, forcing hundreds of residents and activists set to participate in an olive harvest to leave.
■ Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said.
■ The Israel Police and Shin Bet security service said they arrested four residents of Jerusalem suspected of supporting the Islamic State.
■ Health groups warned of disease after heavy rain in the Gaza Strip caused widespread flooding.
■ U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff plans to meet Hamas’ chief negotiator, The New York Times reported.
■ The U.S. will likely sell Riyadh F-35 stealth fighter jets, Bloomberg News reported.
■ The UN said a new Israeli border wall crosses into Lebanon, “rendering more than 4,000 square metres of Lebanese territory inaccessible.”
■ Russia proposed its own draft of a UN resolution on Gaza on Thursday, challenging a U.S. effort at the UN.
■ Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a U.S. official said.
■ Indonesia has trained up to 20,000 troops to take on health and construction-related tasks during a planned peacekeeping operation in Gaza, Indonesia’s defense minister said.