Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
The Iranian military command announces that the Strait of Hormuz is closed to traffic because of Israel's violations of the Islamabad Memorandum ceasefire in Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warns ships to stay away from the strait. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera)
The United States Central Command says that 55 ships transporting more than 17 million barrels of oil and cargo have crossed the strait and that traffic on the chokepoint increased, rejecting Iran’s claims that the waterway is closed. (BBC News) (Shafaq)
Indian shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal says that three Indian oil tankers, the Desh Vaibhav, Desh Vibhor, and Sanmar Herald, have safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz and are on their way to India. (Hindustan Times) (Reuters)
At least six people are killed in the Gaza Strip, including two children, from Israeli strikes on a residential area. (Al Jazeera)
An Israeli airstrike kills Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill at least 32 people, including sixteen people in Nabatieh and two soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon to protect Israel's northern border for as long as it is believed to be necessary. (Al Jazeera)
Sudanese civil war
The Sudanese Army says that they have launched drone strikes to foil preparations by Rapid Support Forces to launch new assaults on the North Kordofan capital of El Obeid in Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Two roadside bomb explosions in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, kill at least seven people and injure three others. The second blast occurred as casualties from the first explosion were being transported for medical treatment. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Business and economy
Turkey exports a warship to Romania, a NATO and European Union member country, for the first time in its history. (TRT World)