Current events: 2023-07-03

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • July 2023 Jenin incursion
    • Eight Palestinians are killed and more than 50 injured when Israeli soldiers storm the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli Air Force also launches airstrikes during the night. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches drone attacks on Sumy, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 19 others. In response to the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for a major upgrade of anti-aircraft defences. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are injured by an explosion at a building in Tokyo, Japan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A court in Iran sentences prominent writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee to five years in prison. Iraee has been detained since September 2022. (IranWire)

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