Here are Wednesday’s latest updates:
■ An IDF strike in Gaza targeted Mohammed Odeh, head of Hamas’ armed wing and one of the “architects” of the October 7 massacre, a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday. Neither the IDF nor Hamas has confirmed his death.
■ Progress has been made regarding the future of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpiles, mediators in U.S.-Iran talks told the Wall Street Journal, who reported the possibility of diluting the material or transferring it to a third country, such as China or Russia, although the details of implementation remain under dispute between the parties.
■ U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Cabinet trip scheduled for Wednesday at Camp David would be postponed due to “possible bad weather conditions.”
■ Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli strikes overnight killed 31 people and wounded 40, state news agency NNA reported.
■ Settlers set cars on fire in Khirbet Masoud, in the Jenin area, according to a Palestinian report. The incident took place near the El Naveh agricultural outpost, which was approved to become a legalized settlement and horse ranch.
■ Over a thousand right-wing pro-Israel protesters gathered outside the residence of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, organized by the group End Jew Hatred, demonstrating against “Islamists and radical mobs.”
■ New York’s iconic Park Slope Food Co-op voted to implement a total boycott of Israeli goods; over 7000 thousand members attended Tuesday night’s meeting, and 67 percent of voters voted to implement a ban “until Israel complies with international law, including by ceasing unlawful discriminatory practices, in its treatment of Palestinians.”