Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces struck a fuel depot in Russian-occupied Crimea and oil and gas transport facilities in Russia's Krasnodar region.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Durrani, at a quadrilateral meeting in Egypt with Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, said Iran will not block vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz nor levy transit or service fees during a 60-day window. He said Pakistan had brought the US and Iran into talks for the first time in 47 years and that three technical teams are engaged in US‑Iran negotiations, covering nuclear issues, frozen funds and the situation in Lebanon. Durrani said he has briefed the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey on a memorandum of understanding.

Israel Defense Forces said on the 20th it carried out a precision airstrike in central Gaza that killed Ahmed Samir Mohamed Washa, a member of Hamas’s armed wing whom the IDF said also worked as an Al Jazeera cameraman. The IDF said two other Hamas militants were killed and alleged Washa acted as a sniper for Hamas’s military wing and had planned attacks on Israeli forces, posing a direct threat. The IDF said Washa’s brother, Mohammed Samir Mohamed Washa, a key member of Hamas’s rocket and weapons-production unit who also used an Al Jazeera journalist cover, was killed by Israeli strikes in April.