Portal:Current events/2024 May 25

May 25, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
  - Israeli allegations against UNRWA
    - Italy restores €35 million (US$38 million) of funding for UNRWA several months after it suspended the aid due to allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attacks. (Al Jazeera)
  - Four U.S. Army vessels connected to a floating pier off the Gaza Strip become disconnected and wash up on beaches, two in Israel and two in the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
Syrian civil war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Two Hezbollah militants killed in an Israeli airstrike on a truck in Al-Qusayr, Syria.(L'Orient le Jour)
- A Hezbollah-Syrian Army officer killed in a car bombing in Damascus.(Agence France-Presse)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
  - Russia captures the village of Arkhanhelske in Donetsk Oblast. (The Moscow Times)
- Kharkiv strikes
  - At least fourteen people are killed and 58 others are injured in Russian strikes on a hardware store and residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

2024 Rajkot gaming zone fire
- At least 27 people, including many children, are killed in a building fire at a family entertainment venue in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. (NDTV)
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024
- At least five people are killed after a tornado strikes the cities of Pilot Point and Valley View in Texas, United States. (NBC Dallas-Fort Worth)

Politics and elections

Sports