July 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Dnipro strikes
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian forces take control of the Novy district in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (CBS News)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- Three kamikaze drones attack an electrical substation for the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, injuring eight workers, causing forest fires near the plant's switchyard, and leaving Enerhodar without power or water. (Reuters) (RFE/RL)
- One person is killed and at least 14 others are injured in Russian guided bomb and missile attacks across Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- The Israeli government approves the seizure of 12.7 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi) of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land seizure in the West Bank in more than three decades. (AP)
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Three people, including former senator Hidayat Ullah, are killed and two others are injured when their vehicle strikes a roadside bomb in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Arabiya)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon. Nasser is considered to be one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah members to die in the conflict. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 India-Bangladesh floods
- At least sixteen people are killed and more than 300,000 others are displaced by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh states, India. (The Independent)
- Hurricane Beryl
- The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in the eastern Caribbean increases to nine, with deaths reported in Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. (Reuters)
- Three people are killed and three others are missing after a fishing boat sinks off the coast of Marinha Grande, Portugal. (Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- An Israeli soldier is killed and another is injured in a stabbing attack at a mall in Karmiel, Israel. (Reuters)
- Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrest eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria. (France 24)
- The Supreme Court of Japan rules that Japan's forced sterilization law, which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, was unconstitutional. (France 24)
- Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage, setting the legal age of marriage to 18 years. Offenders could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine of around $4,000, with witnesses to child marriages also facing possible jail or fines. (CBS News)