Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel–Hamas war
The United States provides BLU-109 bunker buster bombs and other munitions to Israel. Similar bombs made by the US were used by Israel in the Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes, including a strike that levelled an apartment block, killing more than 100 people. (Al Jazeera)
2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
More than 190 Palestinians are killed and hundreds more are wounded by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, including Khan Younis in the south. (Al Jazeera)
The United Nations say the fighting will worsen the extreme humanitarian emergency in Gaza. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said that the people of Gaza had nowhere safe to go and very little to survive on. (Al Jazeera)
Islamic terrorism in Europe, Terrorism in France
One person is killed and two others are injured in a knife and hammer attack near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The suspect is arrested by police. (Reuters)
Moro conflict
Bomb maker Mundi Sawadjaan, a leader of Abu Sayyaf and suspect in the 2020 suicide bombings in Sulu, is killed by security forces during a military operation in Basilan, Philippines. (The Star)
Spillover of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Eight people are killed and 26 others injured in a mass shooting against a bus on the Karakoram Highway near the town of Chilas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
The cooling tower of the decommissioned Voerde power station in NRW, Germany is blown up. (NRZ) (RWE) (WDR)