Here are Wednesday’s key updates on Israel, the West Bank and Gaza:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Hundreds of Israelis attended the funeral of Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage whose body was returned from Gaza on Monday, 843 days after he was killed on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 The Israeli military received<\/a> reports of an attempted stabbing at the Tunnels checkpoint south of Jerusalem. No injuries were reported, and the suspect was shot at the scene. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as 28-year-old Qusay Maher Ismail Halaika<\/p>\n \u25a0 France supports \u200cthe inclusion of Iran’s \u2060Islamic Revolutionary Guard \u200cCorps<\/a> on the \u200dEuropean list of terrorist organisations, a \u200dsource close to \u200cthe Elysee presidential palace said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u25a0 In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was “an open question”<\/a> who would replace Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should he be removed from power.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Ali Shamkhani, adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that any military action from the U.S.<\/a> will see Iran targeting the U.S. and Israel and those who support it<\/p>\n \u25a0 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi of the Likud party referred to Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu of Yesh Atid as a “beast,” <\/a>who denounced the attack as a reference to his sexuality, and an insult to the LGBT community.<\/p>\n