BreakingAP: Regional Officials Believe Khamenei Was Wounded in War’s Opening StrikesIranSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Mutual-Defense Pact in MeccaUkraineISW: North Korea Sending Over 100 Missiles to Russia, Deepening Military Supply RelationshipIranIran’s President Says Contact With Khamenei ‘Very Difficult’ After Report His Only Meeting Was in a Dark CarBreakingMassive Russian Missile and Drone Attack Hits Kyiv Region Overnight, Killing at Least 14-17BreakingIran and Oman Say They’ve Reached Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Route, Joint Statement in Final DraftingUkraineZelensky Dismisses Ambassador to US Stefanishyna Amid Corruption Probe, Leaves Washington Post VacantColombiaColombia’s Right-Wing President-Elect Set to Dismantle ‘Total Peace’ at Aug 7 InaugurationBreakingUS, Iran and Oman Close In on Interim Hormuz Deal as CENTCOM Declares Southern Route ‘Free and Open’SudanUN Warns El-Obeid Risks Repeat of El Fasher ‘Hallmarks of Genocide’ as RSF Siege TightensBreakingNetanyahu Hardens Line on Gaza Withdrawal as Al-Quds Brigades Separately Joins Disarmament DealVenezuelaVenezuela Earthquake Death Toll Passes 6,125 as Government Faces Mounting Criticism Over ResponseUkraineUkraine Launches Wide Overnight Drone Attack on Russian Logistics and Oil InfrastructureBreakingBomb Kills 3 at Moscow Restaurant in Suspected Assassination Attempt on Russian Aerospace Forces CommanderBreakingUkraine Hits Russian Strategic Bomber Base at Engels-2 and Saratov Refinery, 600km From the FrontBreakingRussia’s Most Lopsided Ballistic Barrage Yet Hits Kyiv — 1 of 27 Missiles Intercepted — as Trump Walks Back Patriot LicensingBreakingTrump’s Board of Peace Announces Hamas Disarmament Agreement — Israel Hasn’t Endorsed It, Hamas Says Israel Must Withdraw FirstBreakingIran’s Retaliation Widens to Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain as CENTCOM Reviews the Strike That Killed a Family on QeshmBreakingRussia’s Largest Strike in Weeks Kills 8-10 as a Missile Crosses Into Poland, Prompting NATO Jets to ScrambleBreakingIran War Reignites: US Launches ‘Heavy Wave’ of Strikes After Iranian Attack on Jordan Base, Egypt Hit for First TimeUkraineZelensky Calls White House Meeting with Trump ‘Good,’ Then Ukraine Hits Russia’s Ryazan RefineryUkraineSenate Advances Graham Russia-Iran Sanctions Act in Tribute Vote Following Senator’s DeathUkraineUkraine Strikes Tyumen Refinery and Multiple Crimea Targets Overnight as Russia Preps New Push Toward DobropilliaUkraineUK PM Burnham Makes First Ukraine Visit, Pledges ‘Stone Cloak’ Electronic Warfare Tech License to KyivUkraineUkraine Repels One of Russia's Largest Assaults of the War in Donetsk RegionBreakingZelensky Still Struggling to Resolve Fedorov Crisis as Protests Continue Past a WeekBreaking13th Night of Strikes as Iran Disputes Report It Rejected an Iraqi Ceasefire ProposalSouth China SeaChina Holds Taiwan Strait Live-Fire Drills, Then Fires Near Japan's Okinotori for the First TimeBreakingAP: Regional Officials Believe Khamenei Was Wounded in War’s Opening StrikesIranSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Mutual-Defense Pact in MeccaUkraineISW: North Korea Sending Over 100 Missiles to Russia, Deepening Military Supply RelationshipIranIran’s President Says Contact With Khamenei ‘Very Difficult’ After Report His Only Meeting Was in a Dark CarBreakingMassive Russian Missile and Drone Attack Hits Kyiv Region Overnight, Killing at Least 14-17BreakingIran and Oman Say They’ve Reached Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Route, Joint Statement in Final DraftingUkraineZelensky Dismisses Ambassador to US Stefanishyna Amid Corruption Probe, Leaves Washington Post VacantColombiaColombia’s Right-Wing President-Elect Set to Dismantle ‘Total Peace’ at Aug 7 InaugurationBreakingUS, Iran and Oman Close In on Interim Hormuz Deal as CENTCOM Declares Southern Route ‘Free and Open’SudanUN Warns El-Obeid Risks Repeat of El Fasher ‘Hallmarks of Genocide’ as RSF Siege TightensBreakingNetanyahu Hardens Line on Gaza Withdrawal as Al-Quds Brigades Separately Joins Disarmament DealVenezuelaVenezuela Earthquake Death Toll Passes 6,125 as Government Faces Mounting Criticism Over ResponseUkraineUkraine Launches Wide Overnight Drone Attack on Russian Logistics and Oil InfrastructureBreakingBomb Kills 3 at Moscow Restaurant in Suspected Assassination Attempt on Russian Aerospace Forces CommanderBreakingUkraine Hits Russian Strategic Bomber Base at Engels-2 and Saratov Refinery, 600km From the FrontBreakingRussia’s Most Lopsided Ballistic Barrage Yet Hits Kyiv — 1 of 27 Missiles Intercepted — as Trump Walks Back Patriot LicensingBreakingTrump’s Board of Peace Announces Hamas Disarmament Agreement — Israel Hasn’t Endorsed It, Hamas Says Israel Must Withdraw FirstBreakingIran’s Retaliation Widens to Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain as CENTCOM Reviews the Strike That Killed a Family on QeshmBreakingRussia’s Largest Strike in Weeks Kills 8-10 as a Missile Crosses Into Poland, Prompting NATO Jets to ScrambleBreakingIran War Reignites: US Launches ‘Heavy Wave’ of Strikes After Iranian Attack on Jordan Base, Egypt Hit for First TimeUkraineZelensky Calls White House Meeting with Trump ‘Good,’ Then Ukraine Hits Russia’s Ryazan RefineryUkraineSenate Advances Graham Russia-Iran Sanctions Act in Tribute Vote Following Senator’s DeathUkraineUkraine Strikes Tyumen Refinery and Multiple Crimea Targets Overnight as Russia Preps New Push Toward DobropilliaUkraineUK PM Burnham Makes First Ukraine Visit, Pledges ‘Stone Cloak’ Electronic Warfare Tech License to KyivUkraineUkraine Repels One of Russia's Largest Assaults of the War in Donetsk RegionBreakingZelensky Still Struggling to Resolve Fedorov Crisis as Protests Continue Past a WeekBreaking13th Night of Strikes as Iran Disputes Report It Rejected an Iraqi Ceasefire ProposalSouth China SeaChina Holds Taiwan Strait Live-Fire Drills, Then Fires Near Japan's Okinotori for the First Time
🇵🇸
Israel & the Levant
Multi-Front
Deaths
73,326 killed total
Displaced
1.9M displaced
Ceasefire since Oct 10, 2025. 1,200+ killed since ceasefire. Jul 31: Board of Peace announced a Hamas disarmament agreement — Hamas says it won’t implement without Israeli withdrawal first; Al-Quds Brigades separately consented Aug 2. Netanyahu hardened Israel’s public line Aug 4, ruling out withdrawal until Hamas is ‘completely disarmed.’ Strikes intensified rather than eased since the deal — 18 killed Aug 1 alone. Quiet annexation accelerating; 80% of buildings damaged.
Israel & the Levant — Geographic Reference
to scale · Litani course approximate
🟨 Gaza Strip— Litani River (Lebanon security-zone line)
Land borders plotted at true coordinates. Gaza Strip shown as a bounding box (source data lacks its own boundary); Litani course simplified from major bends.
⚖️ Contested framing: A UN Commission of Inquiry (Sep 2025) and multiple human rights bodies concluded Israel's campaign met the legal definition of genocide; Israel rejects this characterization as biased and has called for the Commission's abolition. The ICJ genocide case (South Africa v. Israel) remains open and unresolved. This dashboard presents both the findings and Israel's rejection of them without adjudicating the underlying legal question.
🗺️ Current Situation
🤝
Ceasefire Status (Oct 10, 2025)
Fragile ceasefire holding — 1,200 Palestinians killed since it began (Israel has struck on ~246 of the first 273 ceasefire days per an Al Jazeera analysis). Hamas not disarming. International monitoring mission deployed. No permanent agreement.
🏛️
Quiet Annexation
Israel advancing settlement activity in West Bank. West Bank: 1,081+ killed since Oct 2023, highest displacement since 1967. ICJ ruled settlements illegal Jul 2024.
🇺🇸
US position
Trump administration: conditional support for two-state solution. Governance runs through the Trump-chaired Board of Peace and the Cairo-based NCAG (named Jan 2026) — see Governance tab for status. Jared Kushner's reconstruction plan has been dismissed by experts as unrealistic.
🏛️ Annexation & Legal Pressure
🏗️
West Bank settlement expansion
Israel approved 4,476 new settlement units in West Bank in Q1 2026 alone — highest rate since Oslo Accords. ICJ ruled settlements illegal in Jul 2024 advisory opinion.
⚖️
ICJ orders — partial compliance
ICJ ordered Israel to open aid corridors (May 2026) — only partial compliance. ICJ also ruled Israel must prevent genocidal acts — contested by Israel as misapplication.
🗳️
Gaza governance vacuum
Hamas announced the resignation of its civil administration on Jul 6, 2026 under the peace plan — but has still not disarmed, and no successor authority is in place. Palestinian Authority has no presence. US plan: Gaza administered by Arab coalition — no agreement reached. Power vacuum deepens.
🌍
International isolation
135+ countries recognized Palestinian state by Jun 2026. ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant in Nov 2024 — enforcement limited. Spain, Ireland, Norway recognized Palestine May 2024.
📅 Timeline
Aug 4, 2026
Netanyahu hardens withdrawal line
Netanyahu says Israel won’t withdraw ‘from current lines’ until Hamas is ‘completely disarmed.’ Al-Quds Brigades separately consented Aug 2; strikes intensified, 18 killed Aug 1 alone.
Event 7 of 7 — drag the slider or tap a marker
Oct 10, 2025
Ceasefire begins
Fragile ceasefire following intensive international pressure. Hamas not disarming.
Jan 15, 2026
1,000+ killed post-ceasefire
UN: more than 1,000 Palestinians killed since the Oct 2025 ceasefire.
May 10, 2026
ICJ orders aid corridor
International Court of Justice orders Israel to open aid corridors. Only partial compliance.
Jun 20, 2026
UN flash appeal 13% funded
$4B+ Gaza reconstruction appeal only 13% funded. Hospital system collapsed.
Jul 17, 2026
Heaviest fire since ceasefire
14+ killed in a single day including a funeral-procession strike; post-ceasefire toll passes 1,123. IDF cites control of ~65% of Gaza.
Jul 31, 2026
Board of Peace disarmament agreement
Trump announces Hamas agreed to disarm; Hamas says it won’t implement without Israeli withdrawal first. Israel hasn’t endorsed the plan.
Aug 4, 2026
Netanyahu hardens withdrawal line
Netanyahu says Israel won’t withdraw ‘from current lines’ until Hamas is ‘completely disarmed.’ Al-Quds Brigades separately consented Aug 2; strikes intensified, 18 killed Aug 1 alone.