Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold a situational assessment meeting on Friday afternoon to prepare for the chance of an Iranian attack on the country, Israeli media reported on Friday.According to reports, those expected to participate in the discussion meeting include Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, MK Benny Gantz, MK Gadi Eisenkot, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer

Russell Bentley, a US national, is missing in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine, local police said on Friday, and a search is underway to try to find him.Bentley, born in 1960, a self-declared supporter of Russian-backed forces in Ukraine whom Russian state media have described as a war correspondent, reportedly went missing on April 8, police in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region said in a statement.The authorities did not provide details on his last known whereabouts or the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.

The French and Indian foreign ministries advised French citizens against traveling to Israel and Iran, as well as other countries in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Friday.In a statement on social media platform X, the French foreign ministry added that relatives of Iran-based diplomats would return to France and that French civil servants are now banned from conducting any missions in Iran, Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.India has also advised its citizens against traveling to Iran and Israel until further notice in light of the "prevailing situation in the region," the foreign ministry said on Friday.The ministry further said Indians in the two countries should observe "utmost precautions about their safety and restrict their movements to the minimum."This is a developing story.

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia's enemies view events such as Vladimir Putin's upcoming inauguration for a new presidential term as a pretext to try to destabilize the situation inside Russia."Attempts to interfere in our domestic affairs are not subsiding. Such things as the inauguration are always seen by our enemies as an excuse to destabilize the situation inside Russia," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov."We have learned to resist this together."

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday said there were "clear signs" in Europe that countries in the region were prepared to recognize a Palestinian state.Sanchez had earlier met with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store in Oslo amid his diplomatic campaign to garner support for the recognition of Palestinian statehood.