Here are Wednesday’s updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ Iran’s foreign minister and a U.S. official confirmed that talks between Iran and the United States are scheduled to be held in Oman on Friday. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote that the “nuclear talks” would take place at 10 A.M., while the U.S. official did not specify what the negotiations would involve.
■ Israeli strikes have killed at least 24 Palestinians, including eight children, and wounded at least 38 in separate strikes across Gaza since Wednesday morning, medical officials said.
■ The Israeli military said that the strikes are a response to an Israeli officer being severely wounded in northern Gaza overnight into Wednesday, after armed gunmen opened fire on troops near the Yellow Line delimiting Israeli-controlled Gaza. It said strikes targeted senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad members.
■ The IDF announced that it struck and killed three Palestinian militants in Gaza, including one who it alleged killed female army spotter Noa Marciano as she was held in captivity in Gaza.
■ President Donald Trump told NBC News’ Tom Llamas that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should be “very worried,” as “They’re negotiating with us.”
■ A senior Iranian official told Reuters that U.S. insistence on “discussing non-nuclear” issues could jeopardize the talks in Oman. The official added that Tehran is “fully ready” to hold talks with the United States, but only on the nuclear issue.
■ Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said that the military must address nationalist crime committed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, urging soldiers to “act and not stand idly by.”
■ Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office charged 12 people, including IDF reservists, with smuggling goods worth millions into Gaza in an affair that led to the arrest of Shin Bet security service chief David Zini’s brother, Bezalel Zini.
■ The Israeli army said that it arrested two Palestinians overnight in a refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank.
