<p>Portugal announced on Friday it will recognize a Palestinian state on Sunday.</p><p>The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the Official Declaration of Recognition will take place even before next week's High-Level Conference.</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>

IDF warns residents of building in Gaza City's Al-Nasr to evacuate their homes ahead of a strike; Gaza reports say IDF carried out controlled demolitions in the city.

Palestinian Authority arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Paris Jewish restaurant.

Labor Ministry publishes criteria for daycare subsidy eligibility, allowing haredi families to receive subsidies even if the father is eligible for enlistment in the IDF.

Jewish Texas man charged with making terroristic threat against NYC’s Zohran Mamdani.

<p>US Senate confirms former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz as US Ambassador to the UN, ending a long saga. </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 Shabbat in North America, where they are being written now.</p><p>Updates will resume Saturday night from Israel, following the conclusion of Shabbat at 19:15 Jerusalem time.</p><p>Shabbat Shalom!</p>

IDF continues degrading Hamas military capabilities in Gaza City and throughout the Gaza Strip.