Portal:Current events/2023 November 3

November 3, 2023 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arab–Israeli conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
  - Siege of Gaza City
    - Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike
      - Fifteen people are killed and 60 others are injured by an Israeli airstrike against a convoy of ambulances en route from al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip to Rafah, Egypt. (Al Jazeera)
    - At least 14 people are killed by an Israeli airstrike against civilians fleeing to southern Gaza. (AFP via Barron's)
  - Blockade of the Gaza Strip
    - Twelve cancer patients have died in the Gaza Strip after the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, was forced to suspend operations after running out of fuel. (Dawn)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- At a Hezbollah rally in Beirut, Hassan Nasrallah gives a widely awaited first speech since the start of the Gaza war to supporters. Nasrallah claims that the presence of U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea; "doesn't scare us". (APNews)
Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2023 Gwadar ambush
  - Fourteen soldiers are killed in an ambush against their convoy in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (VOA)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 Dera Ismail Khan bombing
  - Five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a motorcycle bomb at a bus stop in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, detonated as a police bus carrying officers passed by. (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
  - A Russian missile strike kills more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers at an awards ceremony near the front line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the incident "could have been avoided" amid anger over the losses. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, returns the remains of four Paiwan warriors to the Taiwanese indigenous community, marking the first international repatriation of ancestral remains for Taiwan. The skulls, which the university acquired in 1907 and are believed to have been taken by Japanese forces in 1874, will be housed at the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung while awaiting a final resting place decision from Mudan authorities. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Nepal earthquake
- A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Karnali Province, Nepal, killing at least 157 people and injuring over 300 more. Several houses are destroyed. (Reuters)
Langarud drug rehabilitation center fire
- A fire at a drug rehabilitation center in Langarud, Gilan, Iran, kills 32 people and injures 16. (AFP via The Guardian)
An airplane flying from Zagreb, Croatia, crashes as it approaches Salzburg, Austria, killing four people. (AP)

International relations

International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Honduras recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Politics and elections

Israel–Hamas war protests
- Protesters gather in Amman, Jordan, to urge King Abdullah II to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. (AFP via Barron's)
2023 New Zealand general election
- The Electoral Commission concludes vote counting, which shows that the leading National Party requires a coalition with the ACT and New Zealand First parties to form a government after the final tally reveals a shift in parliamentary seats. (AP)

Science and technology

An eruption takes place off the coast of Iwo Jima, forming a temporary new island and continuing the first magmatic eruptions of the volcano in at least 1000 years. (asahi.com)