Current events: 2023-11-06

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • An Israel Border Police officer, Israeli American Rose Lubin, is stabbed to death and another officer is wounded near the Old City of Jerusalem. Responding security forces shoot the Palestinian attacker dead. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
    • Three armed Palestinians are killed and another injured when Israeli soldiers ambush a vehicle in Tulkarm, West Bank. (Al Arabiya)
  • 2023 Israel–Lebanon border clashes
    • IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari says fighter jets have struck a "broad range" of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in response to a barrage of rockets fired at northern Israeli cities. (Reuters)
• Anglophone Crisis
  • Egbekaw massacre
    • At least 30 people are killed when Tigers of Ambazonia separatists attack Egbekaw, a village in Mamfe, Manyu, Southwest Cameroon. (AFP via Barron's) (Cameroon News Agency)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Bombing of Odesa
    • Russian forces attack Odesa with drones and missiles, injuring at least eight people and damaging infrastructure, including Odesa Fine Arts Museum. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Two people are killed and two others are injured when a tanker explodes outside the High Commission of Canada in Abuja, Nigeria. (CBC News)

International reactions

• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–South Africa relations
    • South Africa recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to its invasion of the Gaza Strip, and accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. (Haaretz)

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