Thursday

October 17, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians, kills 28 people, including at least five children, in Jabalia, northern Gaza. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera)

Killing of Yahya Sinwar

The Israeli military announces that Yahya Sinwar, the de facto leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7 attack, has been killed in a clash with Israeli forces in the Rafah Governorate of Gaza. (AzerNews) (The Wall Street Journal)

Red Sea crisis

Operation Poseidon Archer

U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers carry out raids on underground bunkers used by the Houthis in Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says five underground facilities were targeted in the strikes. (AP)

Somali Civil War

A suicide bomber kills at least seven people at a restaurant. Six others are injured in the attack on Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. (AL24 News) (Daily Sabah)

Law and crime

A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison on fraud charges, in addition to her death sentence from a similar trial in April. (Radio Free Asia)

Politics and elections

Kenya's Senate convicts Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on 5 out of 11 counts, thereby removing him from office. (BBC)

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