Current events: 2026-07-05

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Post-war plans for the Gaza Strip
      • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that there will be no reconstruction in the Gaza Strip until Hamas is disarmed and the strip is demilitarized. (Ynetnews)
    • Medics say that two Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes at the Omar Al-Mokhtar street in Gaza City. (Reuters)
  • 2026 Lebanon war
    • Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon
      • Netanyahu says some Christian-majority villages in southern Lebanon asked to be annexed by Israel for protection from Hezbollah, while villages in the Marjayoun District deny seeking annexation. (AFP via Arab News)
    • Israel Defense Forces says that the Commando Brigade targeted Hezbollah operatives riding motorcycles near Nabatieh. (The Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis, 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    • Seven OPEC+ members agree to raise oil production quotas by 188,000 barrels per day in August, as oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resume after disruptions linked to the Iran war. (AFP via France 24)
  • Qatar resumes all maritime activities, reversing a June 29 advisory suspending sailing and fishing boats following the death of a Qatari national from shrapnel linked to regional military operations. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • Seven more children are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll from the disease in Bangladesh to 738. (The Business Standard)
  • A complaint is filed in a Dhaka court against former interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, former health adviser Nur Jahan Begum, and two other health officials from the Yunus ministry over their roles in the measles epidemic in the country including child deaths. (Dhaka Tribune) (Daily Sun Bangladesh)
• Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • The Dar Hamar Emergency Room reports 800 cases of cholera, including 30 deaths, in the West Kordofan communities of Wad Banda and Al-Nahud in western Sudan. (Middle East Monitor)
  • The Sudan Doctors Network reports 200,000 people in the North Kordofan town of Bara are facing a cholera outbreak alongside measles, including 100 cases of measles in children at health care facilities in Bara. (AA)

International relations

• Somalia–Turkey relations
  • Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war, Constitutional crisis in Somalia
    • Puntland government issued a statement saying exclusive control over its marine resources, citing its constitution and Somalia's federal framework to block SOMTURK. a joint venture between Somalia's fisheries ministry and Turkey's OYAK fund, from operating without approval. The firm holds a federal licence for fishing permits across Somalia's economic zone, signed in Ankara last December to regulate fishing and curb illegal activities, following as leverage in stalled political talks as rich tuna grounds remain underdeveloped. (Garowe Online) (Horseed Media) (Hiiraan Online)

Science and technology

• The satellite Hayabusa2 conducts a flyby of the asteroid 98943 Torifune. (NHK)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Norway at the FIFA World Cup, Brazil at the FIFA World Cup
    • In association football, Norway advances to the quarterfinals of a FIFA World Cup for the first time after defeating Brazil 2–1 in the round of 16. Brazil's loss also marks the team's earliest elimination from the tournament since 1990. (AFP via RFI)

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