Israel Defense Forces says it has neutralized Hamam Eid, commander of Hamas's central-camp UAV unit. The IDF said Eid had recently been violating the ceasefire while working to restore and strengthen Hamas's aerial combat capability.

Foreign media reported a Ukrainian drone strike ignited a fire at a Tyumen refinery in Russia's Urals region as both sides step up attacks on critical infrastructure. Tyumen governor Alexander Moor said emergency crews are at the scene but gave no damage estimate. The refinery is about 1,700 km east of Moscow and roughly 2,000 km from the Ukrainian border. Kyiv forces struck inside Russia in June and the plant has been targeted before. The refinery, one of Russia's largest private facilities, has capacity of about 151,000 bpd and is a key supplier of gasoline, diesel and other oil products for West Siberia and the Urals.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei said Iran and Oman held deputy foreign minister-level talks in Tehran on managing safe shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which he described as productive and making some progress. He said the Omani delegation left Tehran on the 25th but technical and political consultations will continue, and that current navigation conditions in the strait remain unchanged.