Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet state that Hamas' internal security head Wael Musa Khaled Ladawi was killed in a airstrike in the Deir al-Balah area of the central Gaza Strip, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. (The Jewish Chronicle)
The IDF claim that Palestinian Islamic Jihad Nukhba militant Amro Abu Alrish and Hamas commander Abd Al-Nasser Al-Aziz Maqadmeh were killed in separate strikes in Gaza, which violated the ongoing ceasefire. (The Jerusalem Post)
Mass detentions in the Gaza war
Palestinian media reports that Israel has released 60 Gazan detainees back to the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
Iran and the United States pause strikes as the U.S. allows additional time for negotiations and Iran suspends retaliatory attacks against U.S. allies. (AFP via The Manila Times)
Saudi Arabia in the 2026 Iran war
Saudi Arabia's defense ministry reports intercepting drones fired by Iran-backed Iraqi militias from inside Iraq, which targeted oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh area. (France 24)
Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
The Houthis launch a drone attack that damages the Abqaiq oil field in eastern Saudi Arabia. (BBC Persian) (France 24)
Sudanese civil war
The Sudanese National Mine Action Center (NMAC) reports that 80% of war remnants have been removed from the Khartoum State and announces plans to expand survey and removal operations in Sudanese areas recently recaptured by the SAF. (Sudan Tribune in Arabic)
The Sudanese Doctors Network reports that the main hospital in Jebrat al Sheikh District, North Kordofan, has been looted and turned into a military barracks. (Sudan Tribune)
SAF general and leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the newly captured areas in North Kordofan alongside Sudan Shield Forces leader Abu Aqla Kaikal and Darfur Governor Minni Arko Minnawi. (Sudan Tribune)
Drone strikes are reported in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, hours after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) secured the National Export Highway, which connects Sudan's capital Khartoum and North Kordofan. (AFP via France 24) (The Defense Post)
Arts and culture
UNESCO designates the Amazon Theatre and Theatro da Paz, opera houses in the Amazonia region of Brazil, as World Heritage Sites. (AP)