Current events: 2023-10-27

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip
    • The Israel Defense Forces enter the Gaza Strip from multiple directions with infantry and tanks crossing the border. Heavy clashes are reportedly underway. (New York Magazine)
    • Israeli troops have advanced on the city of Beit Hanoun. (The Atlas News)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • At least 33 Palestinians are killed and several wounded, following Israeli airstrikes on at least three residential neighbourhoods in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 10 Palestinians are killed, including journalist Yasser Abu Namous and his mother, in a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces in southern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
    • A number of people are killed and injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp, destroying residential buildings and the nearby White Mosque. (The Business Standard)
    • The Palestinian Red Crescent has said that its medics were shot at by Israeli forces as they treated an injured person in Tubas, West Bank. (The Business Standard)
  • Six people are injured after a missile hits a building in Taba, Egypt. Israel says the missile was launched from Yemen. (The Times of Israel)
  • Four people are killed after a pre-dawn raid by Israeli forces in the West Bank. At least 19 people have been arrested. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hamas reports that Israel has disrupted most communication and Internet services in the Gaza Strip. (AFP via Onmanorama)
• Syrian civil war
  • American intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • The U.S. military says that it has conducted airstrikes on Iran-backed targets in Syria linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Pro-Russian official Oleg Tsaryov is critically injured in an assassination attempt by unknown assailants in Crimea and is reported to be in intensive care. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Various rebel groups across Myanmar, including the MNDAA, TNLA, AA, and local defense groups, launch an offensive in northern Shan State and capture several towns and junta outposts. (The Irrawaddy)

International relations

• The Financial Action Task Force adds Bulgaria to its "grey list" for increased monitoring due to strategic deficiencies in countering money laundering and terrorism financing. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Thousands of people gather in Chile's capital Santiago to rally in protest against Israel's military actions in Gaza. (Cairns Post)
• Aftermath of the 2023 Mozambican local elections
  • Protests erupt across Mozambique, especially in the city of Nampula, against the results of local elections which locals claim were rigged. Ten people are injured in clashes with police. (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
  • A retired Colombian army officer who participated in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is sentenced to life in a US court. (AP)

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