Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza war
Hamas fires at and launches an anti-tank missile at Israeli troops in Rafah, Gaza, killing an Israeli soldier. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC)
At least 104 people are killed, including 46 children, and 50 others are injured in multiple Israeli retaliatory airstrikes across Gaza City. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Hamas announces that it is postponing the return of the body of a dead hostage, citing multiple violations of the ceasefire by Israel. (Reuters)
Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
Three Al-Qassam Brigades militants are killed by Israeli troops in a shooting–airstrike attack in Kfar Qud, near Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (L'Orient Today) (Reuters)
Armed conflict for control of the favelas
Sixty-four people, including four police officers, are killed in large-scale raids on Comando Vermelho spots in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the deadliest police operation in the city's history. At least 81 suspected gang members are arrested in the operation. (CNN) (DW)
Sudanese civil war
Over 460 people are killed in an attack on a hospital by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (AP)
Business and economy
AI boom, Workplace impact of artificial intelligence
Multinational technology and e-commerce company Amazon announces it will lay off 14,000 corporate positions as it invests more in building AI and cloud computing infrastructure. (DW) (CNBC)
Economy of the Philippines
The Philippine peso falls to a record low of ₱59.2 per U.S. dollar, which the country's central bank attributes to currency depreciation influenced by recent interest rate cuts and foreign investment outflows. (Bloomberg)