Here are Sunday’s key updates on Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and the Middle East:
■ Another round of negotiations between the United States and Iran is confirmed for this coming Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland – Oman said in a post on X.
■ Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has named successors for himself and key positions within the military amid ongoing tensions with the United States and domestic turmoil, according to a new report.
■ Students held protests which led to clashes at several Iranian universities for a second day, according to local news agencies and social media posts.
■ Israel Police forcibly dispersed about 100 demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv Sunday to protest a surge in settler violence in the West Bank and Saturday’s attacks on the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
■ Thirty-four people suspected of involvement in shootings and other violent crimes were arrested overnight in northern Israel’s Kafr Kana, hours after a drone dropped a grenade on a house that was also sprayed with gunfire, wounding four residents.
■ The Shas, United Torah Judaism and Otzma Yehudit parties announced Sunday they will support a bill to ban egalitarian prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a government vote on the legislation.