Current events: 2025-09-20

Wikipedia Current Events · Sep 23, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - 2025 Gaza City offensive
    - At least 91 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 76 people in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - At least three people are killed and more than 30 people are injured in a Russian drone and missile attack on critical infrastructure and residential buildings across Ukraine. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Four people are killed and one person is injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on oil refineries in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast and Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) (The Kyiv Independent)
Druze insurgency in Southern Syria
- Pro-government Bedouin tribes issue a 10 day ultimatum to Druze insurgents to release hostages held in the Suwayda Governorate under the threat of a resumption of hostilities. (SOHR)
Haitian conflict
- At least eight children are killed and six others are injured after explosive drones strike the birthday party of a suspected gang leader in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with human rights groups accusing police of carrying out the attack that also leaves several adults dead. (AP)

Arts and culture

Intervision 2025 is held in Moscow, Russia, and is won by {{ill|Đức Phúc|vi||ru|Дык Фук}} from Vietnam. (CNN) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

At least seven people, including five children, are killed and several others injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Punjab province, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
Two Polish Special Forces soldiers die in the United States during night parachute training, according to the Polish Armed Forces General Command. The GROM Military Unit reports that they were paratroopers from the CICHOCIEMNI group. (TVP Info in Polish)

Law and crime

A cyberattack on a service provider causes flight disruptions at multiple European airports. (DW)

Politics and elections

Ecuador's electoral council approves President Daniel Noboa's request for a referendum on constitutional changes, including ending the ban on foreign military bases and eliminating state funding for political parties, while the Constitutional Court reviews challenges to his proposal for a constituent assembly. (AP)