Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Five Palestinians are killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire on the Gaza Strip. (RTÉ News)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Two people are killed in a Russian airstrike on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
Boko Haram insurgency, Nigeria–United States relations
A United States military official confirms that the U.S. will deploy 200 soldiers to Nigeria to help train the Nigerian military and provide logistical support against Boko Haram and other Islamic terrorist groups. (AA)
Syrian conflict
Four people are killed and eight others are wounded after their vehicle strikes a land mine in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. In a separate incident, a tractor triggers a land mine in the village of Taanah, Aleppo Governorate, killing one person. (MENA via The New Arab)
Arts and culture
Ireland launches a permanent basic-income programme for the arts that pays 2,000 creative workers €325 (US$387) per week for three years, following a government trial that began in 2022, and which culture minister Patrick O'Donovan describes as the first permanent scheme of its kind worldwide. (Reuters)