Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
An Israeli airstrike reportedly kills senior brigadier general Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the head of the Hamas police force in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza. (Asharq Al-Awsat) (Reuters)
The Israeli military confirms that they have killed several Hamas militants over the past few weeks, including a Nukhba forces cell commander who took part in the Kissufim massacre during the October 7, 2023 attacks. (The Times of Israel)
Attacks on refugee camps in the Gaza war, Killing of health workers in the Gaza war
A Israeli airstrike reportedly kills a Palestinian medic at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. (Reuters via The Times of Israel)
The naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have stopped four vessels from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Eye)
July 2026 United States strikes against Iran
Iranian health ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour reports no U.S. military strikes against Iran, after 13 consecutive nights of strikes by the U.S. Central Command against the country. (NBC News)
The United States halts strikes against Iran after government officials reportedly saw a potential opening to resume diplomatic efforts and talks. (Al-Monitor) (AP)
Red Sea crisis, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
Two people are injured by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Hodeidah, Houthi-controlled Yemen. A Patriot battery operated by the Greek military intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis at Aramco facilities in Yanbu and Jizan, Saudi Arabia. (CNBC) (NBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone strike on a postal facility in Sumy has killed two people. (AFP via BGNES)
Sudanese civil war
Darfur Joint Protection Force spokesperson Mutawakkil Ali Wakil confirms that, in coordination with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), that the joint force have retaken control of Umm Sayala, North Kordofan, Sudan, with 38 members of the Rapid Support Forces confirmed to have been killed. (Sudan Horizon)
The SAF and Darfur Joint Protection Force recapture Jebrat al Sheikh alongside the North Kordofan towns of Bara and Al-Baraka. Additionally, Darfur governor Minni Arko Minawi confirms the recaptures. (Sudan Tribune)
Disasters and accidents
At least 35 people are killed and 30 others are injured when two buses collide on the Deir ez-Zor–Damascus road in Syria. (Reuters)
Two people are killed when a Tecnam P2010 aircraft crashes into a home in Ganderkesee, Lower Saxony, Germany. (DPA via South China Morning Post)
One person is killed and at least 22 others are injured in a five-alarm fire in Flushing, New York City, United States. (WNBC)
Snyder Fire
A fourth firefighter dies from injuries sustained in a wildfire at the Colorado–Utah border in the United States on June 27. (The Guardian) (KUSA)
2026 Assam floods
The death toll from the flash floods in Assam, India, rises to 62, after fourteen more fatalities are confirmed. (NDTV)