Portal:Current events/2025 July 5
July 5, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Israeli airstrikes kill 24 Palestinians, including ten who were seeking humanitarian aid, and injure dozens of others. (AP)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
Disasters and accidents
- In Glendora, Mississippi, 13 cars of a Canadian National freight train derail, including one car spilling benzene, forcing an evacuation of the area. (Press-Register)
- A bus and a trailer collide head-on in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, killing six and injuring 18. (Geo News)
- Two minibuses collide head-on Bani Salama, Egypt killing nine and injuring 11. (The New Arab)
- A minivan collided with a locomotive in Mpika, Zambia killing nine. (Zambia Monitor)
Politics and elections
- The Turkish government arrests the mayors of Adıyaman, Adana, and Antalya, who are all part of the opposition Republican People's Party, as part of a bribery investigation. (AP)