Portal:Current events/2023 October 14

October 14, 2023 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
  - Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    - Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah fires on five Israeli outposts in the Shebaa Farms with guided missiles and mortar shells. A Hezbollah member is killed during a subsequent gunbattle with Israeli troops. (Reuters) (AFP via Barron's)
    - Two civilians are killed during shelling by Israeli forces in Shebaa, Lebanon. (AFP via Barron's)
  - 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    - 2023 attacks on Palestinians evacuating Gaza City
      - Seventy people have been killed in attacks on convoys evacuating Gaza City, according to Hamas. (AP) (NBC News) (Al Jazeera)
    - At least 724 children are killed by Israeli shelling and airstrikes in Gaza, Defence for Children International says. (CNN)
    - At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
    - All living generations of 45 families have been wiped from the Gaza civil registry, the health ministry says. (Al Mayadeen)
    - The United Nations health organization has condemned Israel’s order to evacuate 22 hospitals treating more than 2,000 inpatients in northern Gaza, saying it "could be tantamount to a death sentence" (NBC News)
    - Medical Aid for Palestinians says ambulances in Gaza are being targeted by Israeli air raids. (Al Jazeera)
    - The Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza is hit by Israeli strikes and sustained damage, says the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem that runs it. (Anglican Communion)
    - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that more than 50,000 pregnant women and newborn babies in Gaza do not have access to essential medical care. (AFP via France 24)
    - The UN Palestine agency says that its shelters in Gaza are no longer safe and also warns that there is a shortage of water in Gaza. (The Business Standard)
  - October-November 2023 Jenin incursion
    - Israeli forces storm Jenin in the West Bank. (AA)
  - Palestine's United Nations envoy says that Palestinians are in danger of mass ethnic cleansing. (Reuters)
  - Amnesty International says that they have verified images of Israeli forces near Sderot using white phosphorus-based rounds. (CBS News)
  - Al-Dura pediatric hospital is evacuated after being hit with white phosphorus munitions from Israeli airstrikes. (Egypt Today)
  - At least 15 hospitals are damaged by Israeli shelling and airstrikes, with two currently inoperable. 28 medical staff are killed and 23 ambulances are damaged or destroyed by Israeli airstrikes. (CBS News)
  - At least 2,268 Palestinians have been killed and 8,700 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed and at least 3,400 others are injured. (Al Jazeera)
  - The Israel Defense Forces announce that airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed Murad Abu Murad, the head of Hamas's air operations and Ali Qadhi, a top Hamas commander, both of whom were involved in the 7 October invasion of Israel. (The Washington Post) (The Jerusalem Post)
Islamic terrorism in Europe
- Arras school stabbing
  - France raises its Vigipirate to the highest level and announces the deployment of 7,000 soldiers through Opération Sentinelle following a fatal stabbing incident at a school in Arras, Hauts-de-France, which President Emmanuel Macron describes as "Islamist terror". (AFP via The Straits Times)

Law and crime

Israel–Hamas war protests
- More than 5,000 demonstrators march in support of Palestine to the White House in Washington, DC,. (AFP via The Business Standard)
- Thousands of demonstrators march in support of Palestine in San Francisco. (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan formally approves the country joining the International Criminal Court. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
- A majority of voters in Australia vote to reject the establishment of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. (Reuters) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
2023 New Zealand general election
- Prime Minister Chris Hipkins concedes defeat to the New Zealand National Party which has won the most seats, although not a majority. Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon is expected to form a coalition government with ACT New Zealand. (Reuters)
UNITA, Angola's main opposition party, exits a special parliamentary session in objection to the proposed public voting method for President João Lourenço's impeachment motion, which is subsequently dismissed. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Science and technology

Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
- An annular solar eclipse is visible in the Western Hemisphere. (AP)