Current events: 2024-10-26

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Armed conflicts and attacks

2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- October 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran
  - Israel launches airstrikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and Karaj according to Iranian state media. Four soldiers are killed. (Sky News) (Reuters) (Axios)
  - The Israel Defense Forces says that it is carrying out "precise strikes on military targets in Iran" in response to recent ballistic missile attacks launched from Iran. (The Telegraph)
Sudanese Civil War
- 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
  - At least 124 people are killed when the Rapid Support Forces attack several villages in Gezira State, Sudan. (Al Arabiya)
Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Ten police officers are killed by Jaish ul-Adl gunmen in a mass shooting on a police convoy in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)
Somali Civil War
- An IED planted by Al-Shabaab in a restaurant in Karan district, Mogadishu, Somalia, kills at least five people and injures at least five others. (The Somali Digest) (Hiiraan Online) Disasters and accidents
2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from the flooding and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines increases to at least 126. (UPI)
Nineteen people are killed and five others are injured in a bus crash in Zacatecas, Mexico. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Killing of Odair Moniz
- Portuguese police activate special security protocols in response to two large demonstrations in Lisbon following the fatal shooting of a Cape Verdean immigrant by a police officer in Amadora on Monday, which resulted in widespread riots. (RTP News)

Politics and elections

2024 Georgian parliamentary election
- Georgians vote for the 150 seats of the parliament. (BBC News)
- Pro-European Union opposition parties refuse to accept early election results indicating the leading Georgian Dream party's victory, and accuse the party of stealing the election. (DW News)