Here are Thursday’s latest updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:

■ Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be required to explain why he is not dismissing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from his position as National Security Minister, amid petitions demanding Ben-Gvir’s dismissal on the grounds of harming the independence of the police. Ben-Gvir responded with a post on X, “You’re a criminal, I don’t count you!”

■ At least seven people were killed in Iran as violence escalated during anti-government protests that continued for a fifth day. Dozens of people have been arrested, according to state media.

■ A rabbi from the religious-nationalist group Garin Torani (Torah nucleus) was attacked in Jaffa, central Israel and sustained minor injuries. The attack follows an incident earlier this month in which Garin youth who have not yet been arrested pepper-sprayed a pregnant woman and her young children, calling her a “Dirty Arab.”

■ Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) said he will boycott interviews with Channel 12, which leaked the video of Sde Teiman detention center guards abusing a Palestinian detainee, until the news channel “issues a clear and public apology,” calling on other MKs and gov’t officials to join him.

■ The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council that governs southern ‍Yemen shut down Aden airport in defiance of ‌an order by the Saudi-backed Yemen government to impose targeted restrictions on ‌UAE flights. The STC also allowed Saudi troops to deploy to Yemen’s southern provinces, securing the area against Iran-backed Houthi militia.

■ In Iran, several people were killed in the biggest protests in three years amid soaring inflation, an Iranian ‌news agency and a rights group reported.

■ Police raids and clashes continue in the Bedouin town of Tarabin in the southern Negev, as residents express outrage over “collective punishment.” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ordered a multi-agency crackdown on suspected legal violations related to agriculture, tax, electricity and water use, and issued dozens of tickets and fines against town residents.

■ The State Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against four Arab Israelis from the Negev for espionage and weapons-related offenses.

■ The IDF said it shot three Palestinians, killing one of them, near a West Bank highway overnight into Thursday, saying they were throwing rocks.

■ A soldier in the IDF combat engineer corps died by suicide in southern Israel on Wednesday, becoming the 22nd active-duty IDF soldier to have taken his own life in 2025.

■ United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a move by Israel to ban electricity or water to facilities owned by the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA.