Wednesday

May 21, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

Donald Trump's Gaza Strip proposal

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the implementation of U.S. president Donald Trump's plan to forcibly displace Gazan civilians is a condition for his government to end the war. (The Times of Israel) (Middle East Eye)

May 2025 Gaza offensive, Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

At least 82 Palestinians are killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip. (AP)

Insurgency in Balochistan

2025 Khuzdar school bus bombing

At least six people are killed, including four children, and 38 others are injured, in an improvised explosive device bombing targeting an army-operated school bus in Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Six Ukrainian National Guard personnel are killed in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (BBC News)

Syrian civil war

Two soldiers are killed in a shooting against the Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia, Syria. Both the perpetrators, who are also killed, were foreign nationals who had worked as military trainers at a naval college. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

During the launching of the Choe Hyon 2, the second ship of the North Korean Choe Hyon-class destroyer, a "serious accident" occurs and damages the hull in the process. (BBC News)