Daily Peace and Crisis Report — Wednesday

Summary

See below for detail and source

Middle East

Gaza Strip

On 20 July, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, as quoted by SANA and attributed there to WAFA, reported 73,283 Palestinians killed and 173,864 injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023. The same report stated that 1,158 people had been killed and 3,756 injured since the 10 October 2025 ceasefire took effect; it also said hospitals had received three bodies and 22 wounded people in the preceding 24 hours. SANA (Syrian state)

UN human rights officials reported that at least 57 Palestinians, including six children and eight women, were killed in Gaza between 13 and 20 July; 34 of those deaths were recorded away from the Israeli-imposed “yellow line”. The same UN reporting described an increasingly constrained civilian space and continuing risks around that line. UN News (UN agency) UNRWA reported 116 active collective emergency shelters hosting 76,000 internally displaced people as of mid-July. UNRWA (UN agency)

West Bank

UNRWA, citing OCHA, reported that 1,111 Palestinians, including at least 243 children, had been killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from 7 October 2023 through 13 July 2026; 65 of those deaths were reported in 2026. UNRWA (UN agency) UN News also reported that settler attacks had become a leading cause of Palestinian injuries in 2026, accounting for 55 per cent of the reported injuries. UN News (UN agency)

SANA reported that two Palestinians were killed and three wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers on Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, on 20 July; this incident is included as a source-attributed report rather than an independently verified account. SANA (Syrian state) OCHA’s 16 July situation report was also consulted for humanitarian and settler-violence context. OCHA oPt (UN/humanitarian)

Lebanon and the Iran–US / Strait of Hormuz Situation

ACLED’s July regional overview assessed that violence declined in Lebanon during June, but that Israeli military pressure persisted. It also characterised the 17 June US-Iran memorandum of understanding as a fragile negotiation period rather than a definitive transition from conflict to diplomacy. ACLED (Western nuanced)

According to ACLED, commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz remained constrained amid competing US and Iranian interpretations of the agreement, and the June exchanges included attacks on ships and strikes on military infrastructure. RT reported on 20 July that the United States and Iran were trading blows for a ninth day; that statement is presented as Russian state broadcaster reporting and is not treated here as independent verification. ACLED (Western nuanced); RT (Russian state)

Eastern Europe

Russia–Ukraine Conflict

OHCHR’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine documented 1,396 civilian deaths and 7,978 injuries in Ukraine from January through June 2026, a 37 per cent increase from the corresponding period in 2025. It reported that June alone brought at least 293 civilian deaths and 1,990 injuries, and that the vast majority of verified casualties occurred in areas controlled by the Government of Ukraine. OHCHR / UN Ukraine (UN agency)

Reuters separately reported the UN assessment that the civilian toll had risen by more than a third in the first half of the year, driven by the growing use of drones and long-range attacks. Reuters (Western mainstream) OHCHR stated that its access constraints make civilian casualties in Russian-occupied territory difficult to verify independently; the table therefore keeps the occupied-territory fields explicitly unverified. OHCHR / UN Ukraine (UN agency)

For the Russian perspective, RT reported that Ukrainian attacks across Russia had killed at least five people, including a child, and injured 30 others, while alleging that more than 400 drones had been launched toward Moscow. This is an RT account and is presented with that provenance. RT (Russian state) OHCHR separately recorded that Russian authorities reported 250 civilians killed and 1,596 injured in Russia in the first six months of 2026. OHCHR / UN Ukraine (UN agency)

Africa

Sudan

Sudan’s conflict and humanitarian emergency remain severe. Al Jazeera reported an estimate of about 200,000 people killed and more than 11 million displaced since the war began, while noting IOM data showing approximately 4.1 million people had returned to areas of origin. The 200,000 figure is an estimate and is shown as such in the casualty table. Al Jazeera (Qatari/intl)

WFP said that more than 19.5 million people were acutely food insecure, including an estimated 770,000 people in 14 locations at risk of famine. It reported nearly 400,000 people facing IPC Phase 4 emergency conditions across Sheikan, Bara and Gharb Bara districts, and said active conflict prevented life-saving aid deliveries to an estimated 200,000 people in June. World Food Programme (UN/humanitarian)

Asia

Myanmar

Mizzima reported that clashes between Moebye in southern Shan State and Nanmaikhon in Karenni State had continued almost daily as of 20 July. It said 1,400 displaced people needed assistance; a local source cited by Mizzima said junta heavy-artillery and drone attacks had killed six civilians during the displacement period, including two children and a woman. These reported casualty details are attributed to Mizzima and its cited local source. Mizzima (Myanmar opposition)

OCHA’s June humanitarian-access snapshot, published through ReliefWeb on 16 July, was consulted for wider access, protection and safety constraints affecting humanitarian response in Myanmar. ReliefWeb / OCHA (UN/humanitarian)

Statistics

Table 1 — Casualties (Killed / Wounded)

* OHCHR access is denied to Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine; figures for civilians in occupied territory cannot be independently verified. The vast majority (96%) of verified civilian casualties occur in Government-controlled areas.

Table 2 — Numbers (non-casualty figures)