Armed conflicts and attacks

Six Israeli soldiers are killed and ten others are critically injured during a Hamas military operation. Hamas forces detonated explosive devices on Israeli soldiers and later opened fire on Israeli forces evacuating their injured soldiers in Beit Hanoun, Palestine. (Palestine Chronicle) (The Times of India)

• https://www.palestinechronicle.com/live-blog-major-resistance-operation-in-northern-gaza-as-netanyahu-meets-witkoff-in-dc-day-640/
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/5-idf-troops-killed-14-injured-israeli-army-forced-to-admit-losses-in-hamas-attack/videoshow/122315974.cms

Disasters and accidents

Ten people are killed and others are injured when a fire and explosion cause eight rooms to collapse at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Star)

• https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/07/08/fireworks-factory-blast-kills-10-in-tamil-nadu