Current events: 2023-10-19

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 Hezbollah–Israel fire exchanges
      • Dozens of rockets are fired at the northern Israeli cities of Nahariya and Kiryat Shmona from southern Lebanon, injuring at least three civilians. Hamas says its cells in Lebanon were responsible for the rocket attacks. Israel responds with airstrikes on Hezbollah positions. (The Times of Israel)
  • A member of the Security Cabinet of Israel says the Israel Defense Forces has been given the "green light" to enter the Gaza Strip. (ABC News)
  • Five Palestinians are killed in clashes with the Israeli military at the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, West Bank. (Reuters)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Drones and rockets strike Al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, with multiple blasts heard inside the base, which houses U.S. troops. (Al Arabiya) (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war
  • In the Red Sea, the United States Navy destroyer USS Carney uses SM-2 missiles to shoot down three cruise missiles and eight drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. The Pentagon says they were "potentially headed towards Israel". (Yahoo News)

International relations

• Israel–Turkey relations
  • Israel withdraws its ambassador Irit Lillian and other diplomats from Turkey after urging its citizens to avoid all travel to the country. (The Jerusalem Post)
• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Israel and meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announcing the UK's solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
  • 2020 Georgia election investigation
    • American attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty to six misdemeanor charges in the Georgia election racketeering prosecution for her role in attempting to overturn the results in Georgia. (BBC)

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