Russian forces launch a major ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 20 people and injuring 98 others, and forcing more than 50,000 civilians to shelter underground.
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July 2, 2026 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The West Papua National Liberation Army says it set fire to a plane carrying seven people and killed the American pilot.
Nine people are killed and 22 others are injured in a bombing at a coffeehouse in Damascus, Syria. No group has claimed responsibility.
The Israel Defense Forces says that the Egoz Unit commando group has killed a Hezbollah militant who emerged from a underground tunnel in Ali al-Taher in southern Lebanon.
Defense Minister Israel Katz reports that the military has demolished 83% of Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. The assessment comes as the war enters its 1,000th day following the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.
Seven Palestinians are reported to be injured in a Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
Arts and culture
The Holy See excommunicates the entire clergy of the Society of St. Pius X, barring the group from officiating marriages and hearing confessions. The Catholic laity are also warned that they will also be excommunicated if they attend SSPX masses.
Disasters and accidents
Nine monks are killed and 13 others are injured, including three critically, when an 11-year-old boy drives a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in Mukdahan province, Thailand.
At least 16 people are killed and 20 others are injured when a passenger bus overturns in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that a crash involving a truck and two cars on the Dushanbe-Kulob-Khorog highway in Tajikistan near Vahdat has killed 11 people.
Law and crime
Albanian Police clash with demonstrators in Albania during a protest against the government and the Sazan Island Resort project.
The National Court charges the Director General of the Civil Guard Mercedes González Fernández and her deputy with the offences of abuse of office and obstruction of justice in connection with the ruling PSOE’s alleged operation against judges and prosecutors investigating cases of corruption involving party members.
Politics and elections
Algerians vote for 407 seats of the People's National Assembly amid a cost-of-living crisis and candidate bans upon the Hirak movement.
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