Current events: 2024-07-22

Wikipedia Current Events · Jul 22, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Siege of Khan Yunis
    - At least 70 Palestinians are killed and more than 200 others are injured by Israeli tank shelling and air strikes in Khan Younis Governorate in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
  - Israel orders mandatory evacuations across the Gaza Strip, including in sections of the heavily populated Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone. (AP)
Somali civil war
- More than 35 Somali soldiers and more than 80 Al-Shabaab fighters are killed after Al-Shabaab attempts to overrun three army bases near Kismayo, Jubaland, Somalia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- A court in the United Arab Emirates sentences 57 Bangladeshis to prison, including three to life sentences, for holding protests against the Bangladesh government in the United Arab Emirates, where protesting is illegal. (BBC News)
2024 Daruvar shooting
- Six people are killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at a nursing home in Daruvar, Croatia. The perpetrator is arrested. (Reuters)
Chinese gambling workers in the Philippines
- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos announces a ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in his recent State of the Nation Address. (Inquirer)
A Canadian citizen is shot and killed by Israeli police after he tried to stab Israeli soldiers and security personnel at the entrance to the Netiv HaAsara moshav, near the border with the Gaza Strip. (Anadolu Agency)
A court in Russia sentences Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six and a half years in prison in a secret trial. (DW)

Politics and elections

Sports