Current events: 2024-10-13

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 Hezbollah drone strike on Binyamina
    • Four Israeli soldiers are killed and 61 others are injured in a Hezbollah drone strike on Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, Israel. (Times of Israel)
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israeli airstrikes destroy an Ottoman-era market in Nabatieh, Lebanon, killing at least one person and injuring four others. (AP)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that North Korean troops have been deployed to Ukraine to fight alongside Russian Armed Forces. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum, October 2024 Sudan airstrikes
    • At least 23 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces airstrike on a marketplace in an area of Khartoum, Sudan, currently controlled by the Rapid Support Forces. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a train collision in Minya Governorate, Egypt. (Al Ahram)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election
  • Lithuanians vote in the first round of elections to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. (AP)
• 2024 Macanese Chief Executive election
  • Sam Hou Fai is elected as the new Chief Executive of Macau by the Election Committee, succeeding Ho Iat Seng. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Starship flight test 5
  • SpaceX completes its fifth test flight of the Starship spacecraft, successfully catching the rocket booster with the arms of the launch tower at Starbase in Texas, United States, and with the spacecraft landing in the Indian Ocean. (Space.com) (CNBC)

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