Kyiv reported attacks more than 1,200 kilometres behind the front, while Russia said it downed 323 Ukrainian drones during another night of reciprocal aerial warfare.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would not accept Iranian tolls or fees on vessels using the Strait of Hormuz, framing the route as an international waterway and keeping pressure on Iran over a critical energy corridor.
On the 2026-06-23 event date, RFI reported that four civilians were killed near Zarho and Abakoïra, and that one mutilated body was found arranged in the shape of a swastika.
A coordinated operation was launched for 500 to 600 vessels carrying more than 11,000 seafarers, using controlled routes through Iranian and Omani waters.
Speaking on behalf of the Arab Group at an emergency Security Council session, Saudi Arabia pressed for a permanent ceasefire, unhindered aid and a two-state solution.
Fourteen wounded residents received care at two hospitals after unmanned aircraft damaged non-military sites, among them a petrol station, local authorities said.
The IDF and Shin Bet said Zaki Youssef Mahmoud Abu Mustafa participated in Yagil Yaakov’s 2023 kidnapping and later tried to rebuild the group’s capabilities.
Al Jazeera said Tehran was warning of reciprocal action if Washington failed to meet the commitments attached to the memorandum on the Strait of Hormuz.
The network said its correspondent died in an attack on a house in Bureij refugee camp, while Israel alleged he belonged to Hamas and Al Jazeera rejected the accusation.