Portal:Current events/2023 October 22

October 22, 2023 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza–Israel conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
  - Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    - The United Nations says the lives of at least 120 newborn babies in incubators in Gaza hospitals are at risk, as fuel runs out in the enclave. (Al Jazeera)
  - Journalists killed in the Israel–Hamas war
    - Palestinian journalist Rushdi Sarraj is killed in an Israeli attack on his home. (The Peninsula)
  - Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    - Five Hezbollah members are killed during a shootout with Israeli soldiers at the border with Lebanon, bringing the number of Hezbollah members killed during the conflict to 24. (AP)
  - At least 55 Palestinians are killed in overnight Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health. (Al Jazeera)
  - The number of mosques destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip increases to 31. (AA)
  - An Israeli tank accidentally hits an Egyptian position near the border with Gaza. Several Egyptian border guards sustain injuries from shell fragments. (Reuters)
  - At least 300 Palestinians are placed under administrative detention or have had detention orders renewed, allowing Israel to hold them without charge indefinitely under secret evidence. (Al Jazeera)
  - Paddy Cosgrave, a co-founder of the European tech conference Web Summit, resigns after opposition to his public statements on Israel, which included, "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are." (The Telegraph)
Syrian civil war
- Israel launches airstrikes against Damascus International Airport, killing two workers. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

At least 28 people are killed after a boat capsizes on the Congo River in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Africa News)

International relations

Israel–Hamas war protests
- Several thousand people gather in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, waving Palestinian and Bosnian flags and demanding an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza. (Reuters)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Philippines reports separate collision incidents between its military ships and vessels of both the China Coast Guard and the Maritime Militia near the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. (AFP via NDTV)

Law and crime

Alaska Airlines Flight 2059
- An off-duty pilot reportedly attempts to hijack and crash an Alaska Airlines passenger plane travelling from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, California, United States. (BBC News)
Israel–Hamas war protests
- During a pro-Palestine protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., a white car drives through a group of protesters. No one is injured. (Newsweek)

Politics and elections

Elections in Venezuela
- 2023 Unitary Platform presidential primaries
  - Venezuelan opposition parties hold their first presidential primary since 2012. (AP)
2023 Argentine general election
- Argentines elect the president and the members of the legislature. Sergio Massa and Javier Milei receives ~36% and ~30% of the votes respectively and will face off in a second round. (Reuters) (CNN)
2023 Swiss federal election
- Voters in Switzerland elect the members of the Federal Assembly. Results show that the right-wing Swiss People's Party becomes the largest parliamentary faction after the election, gaining nine seats compared to the previous election. (AP)
2024 Indonesian presidential election
- Defense minister and Gerindra presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto chooses Surakarta mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest child of incumbent president Joko Widodo, as his running mate. (AFP via The Guardian)