Monday

October 14, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

At least four people are killed and more than two dozen others are severely injured when an Israeli airstrike hits a hospital and causes a fire among tents in the hospital courtyard in the Gaza Strip. (CP24)

At least ten people are killed by Israeli artillery fire at a food distribution centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. (BBC News)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon

At least 21 people are killed and eight others are injured when an Israeli airstrike hits an apartment building in Aito, Northern Lebanon. (CTV News)

The Israel Defense Forces say that they killed Muhammad Kamel Naim, the head of the anti-tank missile array of Hezbollah’s elite Redwan Force. (Times of Israel)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Business and economy

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

This year's Nobel Prize in economics is awarded to Turkish-American economist Daron Acemoğlu, British-American economist Simon Johnson, and British economist James A. Robinson for their studies "of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity". (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize)

Disasters and accidents

Twelve people are killed and 33 others injured when a bus carrying students from Galala University overturns in Al Galala, Suez Governorate, Egypt. (AP)

One person is killed and 23 others are injured when a River Line train struck a piece of a tree in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, United States. (CTV News)

Science and technology

NASA launches the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Europa, a moon orbiting the planet Jupiter, where it will arrive in April 2030. (BBC)

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