Current events: 2024-12-26

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Killing of journalists in the Israel–Hamas war
    • Five journalists of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad-affiliated Al Quds Today TV are killed in their vehicle by an Israeli airstrike near Al-Awda Hospital in Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza. (CNN) (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations
    • Gaza Strip doctors report that three infants died due to hypothermia from inadequate shelter in displacement camps amid decreasing winter temperatures. (Al Jazeera)
• Red Sea crisis
  • December 2024 Israeli airstrikes in Yemen
    • Israel carries out a series of airstrikes between Sanaa and Hodeidah in Yemen, hitting a number of facilities, including Sanaa International Airport, killing at least six people and wounding 40 more. (Al Jazeera) (Al Jazeera 2)
• Somali Civil War
  • American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)
    • Al-Shabaab confirms the death of Mohamed Mire Jama, a senior leader of the group previously designated as a terrorist by the United States, in an American drone strike near Kunyo Baroow, Hirshabelle State, Somalia. (Idil News) (Garowe Online) (Long WaR Journal)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • A Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly kills ten civilians in Sokoto State, Nigeria, during a bombing raid targeting armed groups in the state, according to governor Ahmad Aliyu. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
  • The United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics determines that the UK economy showed no growth in the 3rd quarter of the current fiscal year, following downward revisions. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
  • Azerbaijani government officials tell Reuters that a Russian military surface-to-air missile launched from a Pantsir-S missile system was responsible for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people. Officials also say that the aircraft's GPS navigation system was jammed during the flight. (Euronews) (Reuters)
• Hadsel bus accident
  • At least three people are killed and four are injured after a bus carrying 58 people onboard crashes into a lake in Hadsel Municipality, Norway. (BBC) (NRK)

Health and environment

• 2024 Lobitos oil spill
  • The Government of Peru declares a 90-day environmental emergency for a northern coastal area of Peru due to an oil spill caused by state-owned oil company Petroperú. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions, Finland–Russia relations
  • 2024 Estlink 2 incident
    • Finnish border guards and police detain a Russian vessel suspected of damaging the Estlink-2 submarine power cable. (AP)

Law and crime

• A Cambodian court sentences the president of the opposition Nation Power Party Sun Chanthy to two years in prison and bans him from elections for inciting civil disorder. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• South Korea's opposition files a motion to impeach the country's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, also acting president of the Republic, two weeks after the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. (BBC)

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