Armed conflicts and attacks
2026 Iran war
The Emirates News Agency reports that a third Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel was attacked by Iran while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. No injuries were reported. (Reuters) (Al-Monitor)
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says that Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on a safe route for vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. (Iran International) (Saudi Gazette)
Hezbollah–Israel conflict
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan, a Hezbollah commander in the Radwan Force, during a airstrike in Ansar. (The Times of Israel)
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon kill eleven people, including three children. (Sky News)
Arts and culture
A 180-foot (55 m) the Our Lady of Mercy monument dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the tallest of its kind in Europe, is inaugurated in Konotopie, Poland. (NBC News) (Vatican News)