Portal:Current events/2024 October 20
Appearance
October 20, 2024
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Beit Lahia massacre
- Gaza's health ministry reports that the number of dead or missing following an Israeli bombardment of residential areas in northern Gaza has risen to 87, becoming among the highest single-incident death tolls in months and prompting condemnation from the United Nations. (Reuters)
- Beit Lahia massacre
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- Israeli retaliation leak
- Two confidential U.S. intelligence documents are leaked to a pro-Iranian Telegram channel. The documents contain military assessments supporting the detailed preparation of Israel's retaliatory attacks against Iran. (NPR)
- Israeli retaliation leak
- Israel–Hamas war
- The Israel Defense Forces announce that Ehsan Daqsa, the commander of 401st Armored Brigade was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip; he is the most senior officer to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum, 2024 Sudan famine
- Reports of disease outbreaks and starvation are reported in Khartoum North as a military offensive and battles are reported in the city. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Khartoum, 2024 Sudan famine
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed and around 300 are rescued from flash flooding in New Mexico, United States. (New York Times)
International relations
- Canada–India relations
- Indian envoy to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma states that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had completely destroyed bilateral ties between Canada and India after asserting the innocence of himself and six Indian diplomats expelled from Canada due to accusations of involvement with the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Moldovan presidential election, 2024 Moldovan European Union membership referendum
- Moldovans vote for a president and in a referendum to amend the constitution to include the commitment to join the European Union. (Le Monde)
- Inauguration of Prabowo Subianto
- Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka are inaugurated as the 8th president of Indonesia and 14th vice president of Indonesia respectively. (AP) (Reuters)