Aug 5, 2026, 08:00 PM UTC

Mourners in Gaza City gathered on Tuesday for a mass funeral honoring 112 Palestinians whose remains were recently recovered from a residential block flattened by a November 2023 Israeli airstrike. A two-week excavation in the Sabra neighborhood unearthed the victims, who were predominantly women and children from two extended families.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump's Peace Council stated that Israeli forces will not fully withdraw from Gaza until Hamas completes full disarmament, setting conditions following talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Additionally, Jordan called an emergency meeting of regional foreign ministers, warning that government-backed incursions present an "imminent" threat to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Sources: BBC News, Cyprus Mail, STV News, Sweden Herald, The Guardian.

Cross-border drone strikes and heavy frontline combat continue to inflict civilian casualties and structural damage across multiple regions. Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles targeted several Russian areas, resulting in seven deaths after a drone fell on a beach in Krasnodar Krai's Arkhipo-Osipovka. In Moscow Oblast, regional authorities reported five fatalities and ten injuries following strikes on commercial infrastructure. Intercepted drones over Leningrad Oblast triggered a fire at a Wildberries e-commerce facility.

Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Kyiv killed nine people and injured 33. On the ground, Russian troops achieved a tactical breakthrough near Artelne in the Kharkiv region and maintained pressure around Kostiantynivka. Ukrainian forces made progress toward Uspenivka in Donetsk Oblast. Additionally, Belarusian military authorities announced the formation of a new air assault brigade along the country's southern border with Ukraine.

Sources: France24, Mediazona, Point, Радіо Свобода, The Insider

Ukrainian drone strikes targeted logistics facilities belonging to Russian e-commerce platform Wildberries across multiple regions overnight into Tuesday, leaving six people dead and nine injured. Five of the fatalities occurred in Moscow Oblast, while another strike sparked a major fire at a warehouse in the St. Petersburg region, forcing evacuations. Ukrainian forces have targeted approximately 20 Wildberries locations since mid-July, alleging the company distributes military hardware and drones.

Separately, news outlets verified footage of a Monday drone attack on a crowded beach in the resort city of Gelendzhik, which Russian officials said killed seven people. Moscow subsequently claimed its forces struck seven Ukrainian cargo vessels in response.

Sources: Aftenposten, Finansavisen, NRK, TV 2 Nyheter

Dutch authorities have instituted unprecedented drought restrictions across the western Netherlands, banning surface water extraction in the Delfland region and closing key locks along the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam to all marine traffic. Water board officials stated that intervention became unavoidable due to persistent dry conditions and falling water levels.

Concurrently, emergency crews remain deployed against extensive wildfires in the southern provinces. In Limburg, a major blaze in the Boschhuizerbergen nature reserve consumed roughly 100 hectares, forcing the evacuation of a local campsite as teams utilized water-dropping helicopters. Additional vegetation fires were reported in Brabant and Limburg, with emergency services warning that containment efforts in some nature reserves could take a long time.

Sources: NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting), NRC, NU, ORF