Hamas says that they will disarm if Israel withdraws from and ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and if Israel and the U.S. honors the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025.
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July 31, 2026 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed two Hamas operatives accused of smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip in separate strikes, including supply officer Muhammad al-Abed and commander Ahmad Ma’in Muhammad Anqar.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that it struck two tankers trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz with aerial protection from the United States, and forced four others to turn around.
The Human Rights Watch reports that an Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June.
Conflicts or attacks
A migrant worker is killed and another is injured in a shooting attack by terrorists in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Disasters and accidents
Two bodies and a body part are recovered after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan buried ten climbers yesterday, including Nirmal Purja, who remains missing.
Fifty-seven people are confirmed dead after attempting yesterday to enter the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco.
International relations
Videos on social media appear to show the Spanish Army deploying military vehicles towards the border with Morocco.
French interior minister Laurent Nuñez announces that he has ordered increased controls at the border with Spain amid fears the thousands of migrants entering Ceuta could make their way to France.
Ceutan mayor-president Juan Jesús Vivas says that around 60,000 undocumented migrants have entered the Spanish exclave in North Africa in the last 24 hours, as the death toll from accidents rises to 43.
Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker and Finnish interior minister Mari Rantanen join Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in calling for Spain to be suspended from Schengen Area in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta over the last 24 hours.
Spanish authorities close the Melilla border crossing with Morocco after around 400 migrants stormed the border barrier. RTVE reports the sound of gunfire and explosions.
Law and crime
A Sri Lankan court sentences former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for negligence in failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, which killed 279 people. Sri Lanka has not carried out an execution since 1976.
Indonesian authorities announces it arrested a Malaysia Airlines pilot for allegedly smuggling over 26 kg (57 lb) of ecstasy and a package of methamphetamine into Jakarta International Airport.
Politics and elections
Sports
It is reported that CONCACAF chief Victor Montagliani is considering running against FIFA president Gianni Infantino in next year's election.
July 30, 2026 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The death toll from yesterday's attack in the Hangu district of northwest Pakistan rises to at least eleven police officers.
Data shows that the QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker Al Areesh exited the Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first LNG vessel from Qatar visible on ship-tracking data to do so since July 11, when Al Hamra exited the strait from Das Island, United Arab Emirates.
The Egyptian cabinet confirms a drone has hit two vessels yesterday at a port in Damietta, Egypt, including the LNG storage tanker Energos Winter.
Russian forces launch hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 50 others, including six people killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
Kuwaiti authorities confirm that an Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company, killing one person.
Mediators and Hamas have reached an agreement to implement the second phase of a United States-backed ceasefire signed in October last year during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt.
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Board of Peace reached a deal for a complete disarmament of Hamas.
Saudi Arabia's government announces the establishment of the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance with 14 countries signing the founding document in an effort to keep the Bab-el-Mandeb strait open.
The Associated Press reports that two former child soldiers said they were trained by Colombian mercenaries after being conscripted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
The Sudanese Air Force launches a series of airstrikes against RSF mobilizations and military positions in the north and west Kordofan.
Amidst reports of a new plan to disarm Hamas, Israel reaffirms that it will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip, including the Yellow Line, until the militant organization is completely disarmed.
About 25 vessels cross the Bab-el-Mandeb strait according to data from Kpler shipping data.
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that four people, including children, are killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
The Israeli military claims it has killed two alleged Hamas militants in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including Nuseirat Battalion commander Ahmad Hisham Mahmoud and Hamas platoon commander Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud Taroush, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
An armed Russian Kh-101 cruise missile enters Polish airspace around Lublin, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets. At around 03:40 a.m. local time it explodes in the countryside close to Tarnawa-Kolonia, 90 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Business and economy
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development trade bloc reopens its office in Khartoum, Sudan, resuming operations for the first time since the start of the country's civil war in April 2023.
Disasters and accidents
Ten climbers are reported missing, including Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan.
At least 34 miners are killed and more are reported missing after a methane gas explosion at a coal mine near Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
At least nine people are killed and several others are trapped after an explosion at a four-story building in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India.
Health and environment
The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to over 1,500 people killed.
Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announces plans to advance an rVSV-based vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola into human trials after World Health Organization experts identified it as the most promising candidate for the epidemic.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that the U.S. state has surpassed 10,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis.
The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary shuts down for the first time in 44 years amid a drought across the country and extremely low water levels on the Danube river.
International relations
Thousands of undocumented immigrants cross into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco. The city's mayor-president, Juan Jesús Vivas, requests the Spanish government to declare a national emergency, but is refused by the interior ministry.
Nauru announces it has withdrawn its recognition of Georgia's breakaway states Abkhazia and South Ossetia, terminating diplomatic relations with these entities "with immediate effect".
Senior Italian politicians, including prime minister Giorgia Meloni, deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, and foreign minister Antonio Tajani, call for Spain to be kicked out of the Schengen Zone or the suspension of the Schengen Agreement entirely, citing the alleged threat of undocumented immigrants spreading throughout the European Union.
Chile and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after a two-year suspension following Chile's call for a review of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election results.
Politics and elections
Argentine president Javier Milei issues a decree seeking parliamentary approval to bar or expel foreigners accused of inciting hatred against Argentina or its people, while exempting protected political, academic, and ideological expression.
Science and technology
The Minnesota IT Services reports a cyberattack across 30 municipal community water systems across the U.S. state of Minnesota, with American authorities accusing Iran of being behind the cyberattack.
Sports
In boxing, World Boxing lifts all restrictions on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete with their national symbols.
In ice hockey, the International Ice Hockey Federation extends Russia's ban to the 2027 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, and says that a decision will be made in November for the 2027 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.
In association football, UEFA announces that it will boycott the 2030 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by current champions Spain along with Portugal and Morocco, if FIFA president Gianni Infantino proceeds with plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
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