CENTCOM said US forces disabled a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday after the ship's civilian crew repeatedly ignored US warnings and made multiple attempts to breach a maritime blockade targeting Iran.

Ukraine said on the 7th that energy facilities in multiple regions were hit in large-scale attacks. Russia's Defence Ministry said the same day that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian assaults in 33 localities and struck various Ukrainian targets across 139 areas; in Kharkiv region and elsewhere it said attacks by 31 Ukrainian units were repelled in 33 towns and villages, causing personnel and equipment losses. The two sides reported fighting in 13 towns and villages, including Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

Palestinian armed groups and factions said that with winter approaching the occupying power and the peace committee bear responsibility for Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. They called on the national committee to enter the Gaza Strip immediately and begin fulfilling its duties, and urged mediators and guarantors to pressure parties to ensure full implementation of the humanitarian protocol.