Fringe Israeli settler group enters Syria seeking to claim land for Jewish outpost

Israeli drone strike wounds 5 Lebanese soldiers and 2 civilians in southern Lebanon's Bint Jbeil village, per army and NNA. Strikes on Haddatha, Taybeh also reported despite border framework deal.

Five Lebanese soldiers and two civilians were injured on Sunday in an Israeli drone strike on the village of Kafra in southern Lebanon's Bint Jbeil district, according to the Lebanese army and the state-run National News Agency. Separately, Israeli forces fired tank shells and machine-gun fire at Haddatha, detonated a position in Taybeh, and threw a stun grenade in Mansouri, despite a recent framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel aimed at ending border hostilities.

Enerhodar mayor Likhachev tells TASS 15 civilians killed, 51 wounded since April 27 escalation began.

Since April 27 — the start of the escalation around Enerhodar — 15 residents have died and 51 people were wounded, Likhachev stated, according to TASS.

Ukraine attempted to strike spent fuel storage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Rosatom says; the facility lost external power for ~1 hour on Aug 1 due to automatic safety systems.

Rosatom says Ukrainian forces attempted to attack the spent nuclear fuel storage site at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; the facility lost external power for about one hour on August 1 after automatic safety systems activated, according to the Russian state corporation.

Russian attacks trigger emergency gas and power outages across Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. Strikes hit energy infrastructure and disrupt utilities for residents.

Russian attacks caused emergency gas and power outages in Poltava Oblast.