Wednesday

October 22, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war

According to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society forty-five people, including former prisoners and a child, are arrested during a series of Israeli raids in Nablus, Ramallah, Qalqilya and Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank. They further say that homes are vandalized and the arrested are assaulted. (Al Jazeera)

Russo-Ukrainian war

Kyiv strikes

Six people are killed and several others are injured in Russian strikes on power plants in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Euronews)

Kharkiv strikes

One person is killed and six others are injured in Russian drone strikes on a kindergarten in Kholodnohirskyi District, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Three soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces are killed in an operation in Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, Russia. (RBC-Ukraine)

War on drugs, 2025 United States military strikes against alleged drug traffickers

Five people are killed during two separate United States airstrikes against two boats in the Pacific Ocean, the first such attacks in the area. The attacks since September 2025, previously limited only to the Caribbean Sea, have killed a total of 37 people. (Al Jazeera)

Terrorism in Serbia

A man opens fire outside the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade and sets fire to a tent, critically injuring a person, before being arrested. The incident is classified as a terrorist attack. (Ansa)

Arts and culture

2025 Louvre robbery

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, reopens with increased activity several days after jewelry from the Galerie d'Apollon was stolen in a heist. The Galerie d'Apollon, however, remains closed. (DW)