Current events: 2023-11-10

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israel Defense Forces will control the Gaza Strip after the war ends, rejecting calls for an international peacekeeping force to be stationed there. (The Times of Israel)
  • War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • The UN human rights commissioner urges an investigation into Israel's use of "high-impact explosive weapons" in Gaza, which was causing indiscriminate destruction in the enclave and must "end its use of such weapons". (Reuters)
    • The UN human rights commissioner says Israel must take immediate measures to protect Palestinians in the West Bank, saying they were "subjected to violence from Israeli forces and settlers, ill treatment, arrests, evictions, intimidation and humiliation" on a daily basis. (US News)
    • Six people are killed following an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shifa Hospital. Human Rights Watch comments "hospitals must always be protected" and "no area is a free-fire zone", urging world leaders to act "to prevent further mass atrocities". (Al Jazeera)
    • Human Rights Watch warns that thousands of patients and civilians sheltering at Al-Shifa Hospital faced "grave risks" amid Israel's continued bombardment of Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
    • The Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli forces bomb the Tal al-Hawa area of Gaza near Al-Quds Hospital. (Al Jazeera)
    • The vicinity of Gaza's Patient's Friends Hospital is hit by an Israeli airstrike. Another Israeli strike is reported near Al-Awda Hospital in the Tal al-Zaatar area, resulting in damage to an ambulance. (Al Jazeera)
    • The director of Gaza's Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital says that an Israeli airstrike has hit the medical facility, causing a fire. (Al Jazeera)
  • Nearly 80 Palestinians are detained by Israeli forces from across the West Bank in overnight raids, many from Al-Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron; others were detained from Bethlehem, Nablus, Ramallah, and Jericho. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • The United Nations warns that if the war continues for a second month, poverty among Palestinians will rise by 34 percent, sending nearly half a million people into poverty. After a third month, GDP will drop by more than 12 percent, with losses of US$2.5bn for the economy, and more than 660,000 people entering poverty. (UNDP) (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • China–Philippines relations
    • China imposes "control measures" against Philippine vessels at a contested South China Sea location after a Philippine auxiliary ship entered the area which China deemed as infringing on its sovereignty. (AFP via TOI)
• Australia–Tuvalu relations
  • Australia grants "special" freedom of movement and defence rights to Tuvaluans for residence and employment for climate reasons. (AFP via Barron's)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war protests
  • More than 500 former campaign staffers from US President Joe Biden's election campaign say he "must call for a ceasefire" and "take concrete steps to address the conditions of occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing" in Gaza. (Vox)
  • Hundreds of protesters, led by a group of media workers calling themselves Writers Bloc, occupy the lobby of The New York Times office in New York City, stating it has a bias towards Israel in its coverage of the war in Gaza. (AP via Toronto Star)

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