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2025 July 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Colombian conflict
  • Catatumbo campaign
    • The National Liberation Army deploys a drone to attack a military convoy in Catatumbo, Colombia, killing three soldiers and injuring eight others. (AP)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli troops and tanks enter Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time since the start of the war. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The United States and Germany agree to send five Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Syrian civil war
  • Southern Syria clashes
    • Hundreds of Bedouin civilians are evacuated from Suwayda, Syria, as part of a ceasefire following clashes that left hundreds dead. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Dhaka fighter jet crash
  • At least 19 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after a Bangladesh Air Force F-7BGI training aircraft crashes into a college and school campus in Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (CNA)