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- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict
- Hamas say they have fired more than 5,000 rockets toward Israel, and have infiltrated the Southern District of Israel. Israel retaliates with strikes in the Gaza Strip. (Bloomberg) (AP)
- Senior Hamas leader Mohammed Deif announces the start of "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood". Israel declares a state of war in response to the attacks. (News 18) (BNO News) (NDTV)
- At least 232 Palestinians are killed and over 1,600 are wounded in the Gaza Strip by airstrikes launched by Israel. At least 300 Israelis are killed and hundreds wounded by missile attacks and shootings. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
- Dozens of Israeli civilians are captured and taken to the Gaza Strip following the Hamas invasion. Hamas spokesman Abu Obaida says the Israeli prisoners are being held in "safe places and resistance tunnels". (The Independent)
- Israeli major general Nimrod Aloni, commander of the Depth Corps, is taken prisoner by Hamas. Videos on social media show the general being paraded through the streets of Gaza by his captors. (The Telegraph)
- In a television address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground operation inside the enclave. (Anadolu Agency)
- Battle of Sderot
- At least twenty Israeli Police officers are killed by Hamas militants inside the police headquarters in Sderot after they seized the building. (Jewish Press)
- Stand-off in Be'eri and Ofakim
- Hamas forces enter the Southern Israeli towns of Be'eri and Ofakim with heavy fighting underway. (Haaretz)
- Battle of Re'im
- Hamas briefly seizes control of the IDF's Gaza Division headquarters in Re'im, Eshkol Regional Council, before Israeli troops recapture it after storming the base. Several Israeli soldiers are reportedly captured and taken back to Gaza. (Times of Israel)
- October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Herat earthquakes
- At least 320 people are killed and 600 others are injured after two magnitude 6.3 earthquakes strike Herat Province, Afghanistan. (ABC News)
- 2023 Sikkim flash floods
- The death toll from the severe flooding caused by a cloudburst in Sikkim, India, increases to 47 people. (CBS News)
Law and crime
- 2023 Malagasy presidential election
- Presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana is injured by police during a demonstration prior to the election. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Peopling of the Americas
- Research into the White Sands fossil footprints reveals that human settlement in North America may have originated earlier than previously assumed. (NPR)
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