Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
Rafah aid distribution killings
Israel kills at least 59 Palestinians in Gaza after Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get humanitarian aid from trucks. At least 14 other people are also killed in separate Israeli gunfire and airstrikes elsewhere in the exclave. (Reuters)
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
An Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade is killed and three others are seriously injured in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
U.S. president Donald Trump calls for the unconditional surrender of Iran amid its war with Israel. Iran rejects the ultimatum. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel War
Israel says it has killed Major General Ali Shadmani, the most senior military commander in Iran who was appointed to his post four days ago. (The New York Times)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia's Ministry of Defence says its air defence units have intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones overnight. (BBC News)
Russian forces launch a total of 440 drones and 32 missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, damaging buildings and public facilities, killing 28 people and wounding dozens more. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
Twenty-four people are evacuated after two oil tankers collide near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman. (NOS)