Current events: 2025-08-02

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza War
  • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli forces kill at least 57 people in the Gaza Strip, including 35 aid seekers. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza Strip famine
    • Seven people die from malnutrition in the last 24 hours due to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present) according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (BBC News)
  • Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel. (New York Times) (Jerusalem Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian forces launch drone attacks on Penza Oblast, Samara Oblast and Rostov Oblast in Russia, killing at least three people, according to Russian officials. (AP)
    • Ukraine's military says it has targeted the Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan Oblast with drones causing a fire at the facility. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupts for a second consecutive day, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky. Today's eruption is one of Indonesia's largest since 2010 when Mount Merapi erupted. No casualties are reported. (AP)
• Five children are killed and 12 others are critically injured in a mortar shell explosion in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Kuwait News Agency)

Politics and elections

• Four-term National Assembly lawmaker Jung Chung-rae is elected as the leader of the Democratic Party in South Korea during the national party convention at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, defeating his rival Park Chan-dae with 61.74% of the votes. (Yonhap News Agency)

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