Portal:Current events/2024 October 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • October 2024 Beit Lahia attacks
      • Hamas claims that at least 73 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, although the Israel Defence Forces dispute this claim. (Al Ahram)
    • Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war
      • Israeli forces strike the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 people, including at least 33 people in an airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp. (NPR) (BBC News)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • 2024 drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence
    • Hezbollah launches around 200 drones and other projectiles from Lebanon toward locations in northern Israel, killing one person and injuring thirteen others. One of the targets is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in the resort town of Caesarea. (Star Tribune) (AP)
  • 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Israeli strikes on a vehicle and an apartment building in Baaloul, Lebanon, and areas north of Beirut, Lebanon, kill seven people, including the mayor of the town of Sohmor. (Boston25 News)
  • The Israel Defense Forces says that the Israeli Air Force killed Hezbollah's deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, yesterday. (The Washington Times) (The Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

• Sapelo Island dock collapse
  • At least seven people are killed and several others are reported missing when a dock collapses on Sapelo Island in Georgia, United States. (AP)

Law and crime

• Protesters storm and damage the office of the Saudi-owned MBC TV channel in Baghdad, Iraq, after the channel aired a programme which called Hamas and Hezbollah leaders "terrorists". The Iraq Communications and Media Commission later suspends MBC's operations in Iraq in response to the incident. (New Arab) (Roya News)
• Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting when at least two gunmen opened fire on people at a school's football homecoming win celebration in near Lexington, Mississippi, United States. (AP)

Science and technology

• Intelsat communications satellite Intelsat 33e breaks up in Earth's orbit, resulting in network disruptions to customers in Europe, Africa and parts of the Asia-Pacific region. The United States Space Force says they are tracking at least "20 associated pieces" of the satellite. (BBC News)