Current events: 2025-06-19

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern Crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Rafah aid distribution killings
      • Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including 16 people waiting for aid assistance near the Netzarim Corridor. (Al Jazeera)
  • Iran–Israel war
    • Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
      • The death toll from Israel’s strikes on Iran rises to more than 240, including 70 women and children. At least 24 people have been killed by Iranian strikes on Israel. (Al Jazeera)
      • Iran strikes four sites in central and southern Israel. The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, is hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, injuring at least 240 people. Iran says it was targeting a military site, striking a Israeli military and intelligence centre located near the hospital. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
      • The Israeli Air Force strikes the Arak Nuclear Complex, a heavy-water reactor near Arak, Iran. (The Times of Israel)

International relations

• Israel–Norway relations
  • A hand grenade is thrown into the courtyard of the residence of the Norwegian ambassador to Israel in Herzliya. (Reuters)
• The Finnish Parliament votes 155–18 to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, citing the threat Russia poses to its national security. (Reuters) (Helsingin Sanomat)

Disasters and accidents

• A rock slide at Bow Glacier Falls near Banff, Alberta, Canada kills one and injures several others. (CTV Calgary) (Global News Calgary)

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