At a meeting with Yair Lapid in New York, British PM Liz Truss said she was reviewing "the current location of the British embassy in Israel." Such a move would follow former US President Donald Trump's decision to transfer the US embassy to Jerusalem in 2018.

Another major selichot prayer will be held after Shabbat, at 00:15 a.m., the last one ahead of the holiday, and will include prayers for the well-being of the general public.

At least nine people killed in Iran as protests spread nation-wide over the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's so-called "morality police."

The attack occurs a few hours after a car-ramming on IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria.

While in the US Lapid's remarks at the UN General Assembly are praised as "courageous," at home he is accused of putting Israel's future at risk.