Here are Wednesday’s latest updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ The United States shot down an Iranian drone after it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to Fox News.
■ Six Iranian gunboats ordered a U.S.-flagged oil tanker to stop Tuesday as it sailed through the Strait of Hormuz north of Oman, the Wall Street Journal reported.
■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that Iran is not to be trusted, in a Jerusalem meeting ahead of U.S.-Iran talks on Friday.
■ Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is to join U.S.-Iran talks in Istanbul on Friday, a source familiar with the situation said.
■ Israeli fire killed at least three people and wounded a further 15 in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, other casualties remain trapped under the rubble, inaccessible to rescue workers.
■ Israel and Egypt blocked the passage of most Palestinians who were supposed to pass through the Rafah crossing on Monday.
■ 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.
■ Released Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal revealed new details of sexual abuse he experienced in Gaza in an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday.