Current events: 2024-11-07

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza
      • At least twelve Palestinians are killed and several others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes on a school used to shelter displaced people in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
  • Military aid to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–United States military relations
    • The Israeli Ministry of Defence announces it has signed an agreement to acquire 25 F-15EX fighter jets from Boeing, as part of the $5.2 billion aid package from the U.S. government. At least four jets will be delivered annually starting in 2031. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • Four people are killed and 33 others are injured when Russian guided bombs hit private houses, an apartment building and oncology center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres
    • At least 73 villagers of al-Hilaliya in Gezira State, Sudan, are killed by unknown causes during a siege implemented by Rapid Support Forces militants. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah launches a swarm of drones at the Israeli Defense Forces base in Kfar Bilu and the Haifa naval base in Haifa, Israel. No casualties are reported. (Al Jazeera) (Saba News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, 2024 Cuba blackouts
  • Cuba experiences a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Artemisa Province, Cuba. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023–2024 South American drought
  • The United Nations reports that almost a half million children in the Amazon now face significant food and water scarcity as a result of prolonged droughts. (The Guardian)

International relations

• Russia–United Kingdom relations
  • International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The United Kingdom government announces 56 sanctions on individuals and entities based in China, Turkey, Central Asia, and the Africa Corps mercenary group, to target Russia's military-industrial complex and restrict the supply of military equipment to the country. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Chinese intelligence activity abroad
  • Germany arrests an American citizen suspected of spying on the U.S. military for China while working in Germany. (Al Jazeera)
• Three people in Argentina are charged in the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne. (Sky News) (People)

Politics and elections

• 2024 German government crisis
  • Volker Wissing, Germany's transport minister and former Free Democratic Party general secretary, leaves the FDP but remains in the Scholz cabinet. (SZ)

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