Here are Wednesday’s key updates in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Knesset, noting that India is “committed to expanding trade, strengthening investment flows and promoting joint infrastructure development” with Israel. Opposition parties boycotted the Knesset session but attended Modi’s speech.
■ Hezbollah will not take action if the United States carries out limited strikes against Iran, a pro-Iranian official told the AFP news agency.
■ Germany’s foreign minister said at a press conference that Iran must commit to negotiations with the United States to stop support for armed proxy groups such as Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
■ A Gaza construction firm has been contracted to build an Emirati-funded housing compound for tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of the territory under Israeli military control, two Israeli officials and two Palestinian businessmen told Reuters.
■ U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said that it is worth it for the U.S. to invest in security aid to Israel. Speaking at a Knesset event hosted by the Israel-U.S. lobby on Wednesday, he emphasized that the $3.8 billion annual aid package generates “hundreds upon hundreds of good-paying jobs” in the American defense industry.
■ Iran’s negotiating delegation, led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, has left Tehran for Geneva to take part in a third round of nuclear negotiations on Thursday, state media reported on Wednesday.
■ Turkey is actively evaluating potential measures it could take if a conflict erupts between its neighbor Iran and the United States, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Wednesday.
■ U.S. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, “you can’t let the craziest and worst regime in the world have nuclear weapons,” ahead of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States in Geneva on Thursday.