This year, Israel has attacked more nations than any other nation.
Israel attacked at least six nations in 2025, including Yemen, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, and Yemen.
Additionally, it launched strikes against the aid flotillas heading for Gaza in Tunisian, Maltese, and Greek territorial waters.
One of the largest geographic military offensives in a single year was carried out by Israel on January 1st, 631 attacks, according to Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), an independent conflict monitor.
How are attacks determined?
Local, national, and international news organizations gather and record reports on political violence, demonstrations, and other controversial, non-violent events.
We analyzed violent incidents, including air and drone strikes, shelling and missile attacks, remote explosives, and other armed attacks, to map Israeli attacks over the past year.
Although these incidents involve armed Israeli forces, they do not account for the significant rise in Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank. Additionally, they do not cover other Israeli assaults, such as daily home demolitions or nightly raids.
Where has Israel most frequently attacked?
Israel has still been the region’s most deadly region, killing at least 62, 000 people this year and injuring at least 25,000 more.
At least 400 Palestinians were killed and 1,100 were hurt as a result of Israel’s violations of a ceasefire in Gaza, which came into effect at noon on October 10 and was repeated hundreds of times.
The first ceasefire was repeatedly violated by Israel in 2025, which was eventually overturned.
Up until December 5, 2025, Israel allegedly attacked:
332 times in total in Gaza and the West Bank occupied by Israel
Lebanon 1, 653 times
Iran 379 times
Syria 207 times
Yemen 48 times
Qatar was once
Maltese and Greek waters are twice as frequent as Tunisian and Greek waters.
16 people have been killed and three others have been hurt in a fire at a nursing home on Sulawesi, according to the police in Indonesia.
The fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home was reported on Sunday at 8:31pm (12:31 GMT), according to Jimmu Rotinsulu, the head of the city’s fire and rescue agency.
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He told the AFP news agency, “There were 16 deaths, and three]people had burn injuries.”
According to Jimmy, the victims’ bodies were frequently discovered inside their homes, with many of the elderly residents likely lying in their beds at the time the fire started.
He claimed that the authorities managed to move 12 people to a nearby hospital after they were all unharmed.
Locals helped to evacuate an elderly person while footage from the local broadcaster Metro TV showed the fire engulfing the nursing home.
Indonesia, a nation of more than 17, 000 islands, is the most recent to report a deadly fire.
At least 22 people were killed earlier this month when a fire broke out through a seven-story office building in Jakarta, Indonesia.
According to officials, a train carrying 250 people partially derailed in southern Mexico, causing at least 13 fatalities and 98 injuries.
The Interoceanic Train, which connects Oaxaca and Veracruz on Sunday, passed a curve near Nizanda, according to the Mexican Navy.
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According to the report, “unfortunately, 13 people lost their lives” and that 98 people had been injured.
At the time of the accident, the train had 241 passengers and nine members of the crew. 139 of the 98 injured were said to be uninjured, and 36 of the 98 injured were still receiving medical care.
At least five of those injured were listed as in “serious” condition in a statement posted on X, according to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Sheinbaum said she has instructed the navy’s secretary and other senior officers to visit the area and assist the victims’ families. She added that the incident response is being coordinated by the Interior Ministry.
The attorney general of Mexico announced that an investigation was being launched to find the cause of the accident.
Emergency units were close to the accident site, according to a Mexican channel called Uno Noticias Television, but they had trouble getting there.
One of the train’s carriages was on its side, according to images that were circulated on social media and posted by Mexican news outlets, and another was completely disconnected from the tracks.
Translated: A passenger train slammed. The Isthmus is interoceanic. The Interoceanic passenger train derailed on Sunday, 5 kilometers south of Nizanda, belonging to Asuncion Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca. The train had left Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, and was heading to Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, according to reports of injuries. Emergency personnel are close by the area, but rescue efforts are hampered by the site’s challenging access.
Some of the passengers who were trapped in the derailed carriages were also captured in video clips that were posted online.
According to a passenger, the train “was coming very quickly” before the derailment, according to a passenger in Mexico’s La Razon newspaper.
The passenger told La Razon, “We don’t know if it lost its brakes.”
Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara Cruz expressed his country’s “heartfelt condolences to the families of these tragic accidents” in a statement posted on X.
Between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, the train travels both with passengers and cargo.
A cargo truck and a train traveling the same route collided on December 20 while trying to cross the tracks, but neither person died.
Under the direction of then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the line was formally established in 2023 as a significant infrastructure project to develop southeast Mexico.
The initiative was to modernize the land bridge connecting Salina Cruz, Mexico’s Pacific port, with Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf Coast, across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
China has sent air, navy, and rocket troops to Taiwan’s waters for exercises that its military claimed were meant to provide a “stern warning” against “separatist” and “external interference” forces and to test combat readiness.
The United States sold $11.1 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan in response to the announcement made on Monday, which came amid fury in Beijing and a statement from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who suggested that the Japanese military might intervene if China attacked the self-governing island.
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Taiwan is regarded as a part of its territory by Beijing, and the country has pledged to impose itself on Taiwan.
For its “Just Mission 2025” campaign, the Chinese military’s Eastern Theatre Command announced in a statement that it would begin sending troops from the army, navy, air force, and rocket force to five areas around Taiwan.
The Taiwan Strait and the areas north, southwest, southeast, and east of the island will begin the live-fire exercises on Tuesday, according to the statement.
The activities will focus “on gaining integrated control, sealing off key ports and areas, and conducting multi-dimensional deterrence,” according to Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Eastern Theatre Command. He continued, “The drills serve as a serious warning to “Taiwan Independence” separatist forces and external interference forces.”
Five large areas around the island where “live firing activities will be organized” on Tuesday from 8 am to 6 pm (00:00 to 10:00 GMT) were highlighted in a separate statement with a map. Any unrelated vessel or aircraft is advised to avoid entering the above-mentioned waters and airspace, according to the statement.
The planned drills, which came after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan by then-US House of Representatives, were described by the state-owned Xinhua news agency as “a legitimate and necessary action to safeguard China’s sovereignty and national unity.”
According to Shi, Chinese ships and aircraft will “assault” Taiwan “in close proximity from different directions” and troops from various services will “engage in joint assaults,” according to Xinhua.
Three military vehicles, two ships, and two golden shields emblazoned with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) insignia and the Great Wall of China were displayed on a poster titled “Shields of Justice: Smashing Illusions” by the Chinese military.
This is the first time the PLA has publicly stated that port blockades around Taiwan are intended to deter international military intervention, despite last year’s PLA’s previous port blockades during war games.
The US announced earlier this month that it had approved $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan as part of the largest ever arms deal for the island. The Ministry of National Defense in China protested the decision, and it issued a warning that the military would “take forceful measures” in response.
After the island’s Ministry of National Defence discovered three Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around Taiwan between Saturday and Sunday, Taiwan announced over the weekend that it had deployed aircraft, naval assets, missile systems, and other means of monitoring Chinese activities.
All three Chinese aircraft entered Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, according to a statement released by the country’s defense ministry on their website. They all flew over the Taiwan Strait’s median line.
Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te stated in an interview with Sanli E-Television that the island must continue to reduce the cost of aggression and strengthen its indigenous defenses, stressing that strength alone cannot bring about peace.
On Monday, December 29th, 2018, this is how things are going.
Diplomacy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, was met by US President Donald Trump for talks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where he claimed the two leaders were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close” to a resolution to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Trump and Zelenskyy made progress on two of the peace talks’ most contentious issues: the division of eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region by Russia and the security guarantees for Ukraine.
Regarding security guarantees, Trump claimed that the negotiations were still ongoing, while Zelenskyy claimed that the situation was 100%.
Although the US president claimed that discussions were “moving in the right direction,” Zelenskyy and Trump both claimed that the situation in the largely Russian-occupied Donbass was still a mystery. Although the situation is still unresolved, it is getting much more complicated. That’s a very difficult problem, according to Trump.
Although the two leaders provided no further information or a deadline for ratifying the deal, Zelenskyy claimed any peace agreement would need to be approved by the country’s parliament or be decided by a referendum.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, reported on X shortly after the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting that the “whole world appreciates” Trump and his team’s efforts to bring peace.
Trump and Putin spoke on phone for more than two hours prior to the meeting with Zelenskyy. The call was described as “excellent” and “productive,” according to the US president.
After the meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump promised to call Putin again.
Yury Ushakov, a senior aide to the Kremlin’s foreign policy adviser, claimed Putin had informed Trump that a 60-day ceasefire, which the European Union and Ukraine had suggested, would only “prolong the war.”
According to Ushakov, Kyiv needs to make a “bold, responsible, political decision” regarding the Donbass region and other contentious issues before the hostilities are “completely stopped.”
At least some of the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting took place by phone, including those from Finland, France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, stated in a statement that having ironclad security guarantees would be of “paramount” importance and that Europe was willing to continue cooperating with the US and Ukraine.
Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, reported that the meeting had made progress in terms of security guarantees. According to Macron, the “Coalition of the Willing” nations would convene in Paris in January to finalize their “concrete contributions.”
Zelenskyy claimed that Trump had agreed to hold another meeting with European leaders in January, possibly at the White House. Trump claimed that the meeting could take place “somewhere” in Washington, D.C.
Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, warned earlier on Sunday that any Russian forces would legitimately target any Ukrainian troops stationed there. Lavrov also accused European politicians of disregarding the citizens of Ukraine and their own countries and being driven by “ambitions” in their relations with Kyiv.
Fighting
One person was hurt when Russian forces attacked a heating plant in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, according to the state oil and gas company Naftogaz, who claimed the facility had suffered “significant damage.”
DTEK, the country’s top private energy company, announced the day after a significant Russian air attack caused emergency outages, that more than a million homes in and around Kyiv were restored to power.
In a drone attack, the Ukrainian military claimed to have attacked the Syzran oil refinery in the Samara region of Russia. The army said in a statement that the strike started a fire and that damages were still being assessed.
In contrast to earlier claims by Moscow that the town of Huliaipole had been taken, the military claimed that only a portion of the southeast’s town of Huliaipole was under Russian control. Additionally, Russia claimed it had taken control of Stepnohirsk, a second town in the southeast of Zaporizhia, and that fighting was still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the Donetsk region’s Ministry of Defense announced in a statement that its troops had taken control of four additional settlements. They were given the names Myrnohrad, Artemivka, Rodynske, and Vilne.
While many people may be wondering what dress Holly Ramsay chose, some fashion experts have noticed an even more expensive item. Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay are officially married.
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Adam’s watch on show as they walked hand-in-hand out the venue (Image: mancpicss66)
All eyes were on Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty on Saturday as the pair walked hand in hand down the steps of Bath Abbey amid one of the most closely-watched celebrity weddings in years.
Large crowds gathered for the post-Christmas service, with many guests including Adam himself having to be escorted into the historic building by burly guards. But while the venue was full of famous faces almost all of Adam’s relatives were nowhere to be seen. New information has now come to light that his dad was in fact invited to the wedding.
The swimmer’s sister Beth allegedly told dad Mark he could attend but that he had to sit in the back after the incident, which made the family even more distraught.
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A family source told The Sun on Sunday: “Frankly, it’s disgusting that it went ahead without Adam reaching out to his mum and dad beforehand.” They added: “It was a difficult day for Caroline and Mark, so the family spent the evening together. Caroline got upset as soon as she saw the photographs from the wedding.
It’s awful for him to turn around and tell Beth that his father could come in and sit at the back of the church. Adam has probably never spoken to or seen plus-ones, but Mark was told he could sit behind them.
Although Holly left Bath Abbey unharmed, it’s believed that Victoria Beckham, a close friend of hers who also attended the wedding with husband David Beckham, was the dress’s maker. However, their wedding outfits, which they both wore, shared a sweet feature: the pair’s shoes.
Fans may have missed the pricey accessory Adam was wearing, even though all eyes were on the dress Holly wore.
The 30-year-old reportedly wore a sunburst blue-grey dial and 18k white gold on the Patek Philippe Cubitus (ref. 7128/1G-001), as identified by @young. brando on Instagram. Young Brando, a well-known figure and expert in the watch industry, is an independent horological consultant and creative director.
He runs the popular “Watches ‘n Style” YouTube channel and a widely followed Instagram account where he shares engaging stories, historical narratives, and useful information on wristwatches. He is most widely known for providing expert commentary on celebrity watch choices and industry trends for publications such as GQ.
Young Brando claims the model Adam reportedly wore can retail for over £100,000. Patek Philippe is regarded as one of the most prestigious watchmakers in the world, known for its heritage craftsmanship and production.
Young Brando (also known as “Watches ‘n Style”) appears to be certain it is a Patek Philippe Cubitus, despite Adam himself having not confirmed the watch’s brand and model.
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@young in a post identifying the watch. Brando wrote that the Grande Maison’s 2025 novels included the medium-sized Cubitus options in 18k white and pink gold. Beyond providing a more gender-responsive option for the new line, they appear to have addressed one of the most alienating aspects of the new collection at its launch: the excessive dimensions…
“In addition to the new Nautilus series, the white-gold version” (ref. The 5811 option, which is exclusive to that material and not stainless steel, is the enduringly popular blue-dial.
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