Here are Wednesday’s latest updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 The \u200dUnited \u200cStates shot down \u2060an Iranian drone after it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, \u200cWhite House \u200dPress Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed<\/a> to Fox News.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Six Iranian gunboats ordered a U.S.-flagged oil tanker to stop Tuesday as it sailed through the Strait of Hormuz <\/a>north of Oman, the Wall Street Journal reported. <\/p>\n \u25a0 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that Iran is not to be trusted,<\/a> in a Jerusalem meeting ahead of U.S.-Iran talks on Friday.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is to join U.S.-Iran talks <\/a>in Istanbul on Friday, a source familiar with the situation said.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Israeli fire killed at least three people and wounded a further 15 <\/a>in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, other casualties remain trapped under the rubble, inaccessible to rescue workers.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Israel and Egypt blocked the passage of most Palestinians who were supposed to pass through the Rafah crossing<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Israel Police requested to extend the detention of Shin Bet security service chief David Zini’s relative, suspected of smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip, by three additional days.<\/a><\/p>\n