July 3, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- July 2023 Jenin incursion
- Eight Palestinians are killed and more than 50 others are injured when Israeli soldiers storm the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli Air Force also launches airstrikes during the night. (Al Jazeera)
- July 2023 Jenin incursion
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches drone attacks on Sumy, killing two people and injuring 19 others. In response to the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for a major upgrade of anti-aircraft defences. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Arts and culture
- Vietnam announces that it will ban the upcoming movie Barbie over a scene showing a map displaying the nine-dash line in the South China Sea, which Vietnam does not recognize. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Four people are injured in an explosion at a building in Minato, Tokyo. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A court in Iran sentences prominent writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee to five years in prison. Iraee has been detained since September 2022. (IranWire)