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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • October 2023 Hezbollah strike
      • Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah fires on five Israeli outposts in the Shebaa Farms with guided missiles and mortars shells. (Reuters)
      • Two civilians are killed during shellings launched by Israeli soldiers in Shebaa, Lebanon. (Barron’s)
    • October 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
      • 2023 Israeli airstrikes on Palestinians fleeing Gaza City
        • More than 320 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes on convoys fleeing Gaza City, most of which are women and children. (NBC News) (Al Jazeera)
        • At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
      • More than 50,000 pregnant women and newborn babies in Gaza are left without essential medical care. (France 24)
      • The UN Palestine agency says its shelters in Gaza are not safe anymore, while warning the water supply is running out in Gaza. (The Business Standard)
    • At least 15 hospitals are damaged by Israeli shelling and airstrikes, with two out of commission, while 28 medical staff are killed. 23 ambulances are hit, damaged or destroyed by Israeli airstrikes. (CBS News)
    • Al-Dura pediatric hospital is evacuated after being hit with white phosphorus from Israeli airstrikes. (Egypt Today)
    • At least 2,268 Palestinians have been killed and 8,700 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Gaza. At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed and at least 3,400 wounded. (Al Jazeera)
    • Amnesty International says they have verified images of Israeli forces near Sderot with white phosphorus-based rounds. (CBS News)
    • A United Nations envoy warns that Palestinians are in danger of mass ethnic cleansing. (Reuters)
    • Israeli forces storm the city of Jenin and the Qalandia Camp in the West Bank, Palestine. (Al Jazeera) (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, who was involved in the planning of the October 7 attacks in Israel. (Washington Post)
    • The Israel Defense Forces announce that they killed Ali Qadi, a top Hamas commander who led the Hamas massacre on October 7. (The Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

• 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) (Sydney Morning Herald)
• 2023 New Zealand general election
  • Prime Minister of New Zealand Chris Hipkins concedes defeat to the New Zealand National Party which has won the most seats, although is short of a majority. Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon is expected to form a coalition government with ACT New Zealand. (Reuters)

Weather

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • Evacuations during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
      • The Israeli Defense Forces notifies the United Nations that the 1.1 million Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza in the Gaza Strip have been ordered to relocate to Southern Gaza within 24 hours ahead of an expected ground invasion. (Times of Israel) (Reuters)
      • The Israeli Air Force begins dropping evacuation leaflets over Gaza City warning residents to leave the city immediately. (BBC News)
      • Hamas tells Palestinians to remain in their houses and not to relocate to Southern Gaza, despite Israeli orders to do so. (Times of Israel)
      • The United Kingdom begins evacuating British citizens from Israel. (Euronews)
    • At a press conference, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says that the main goal of the upcoming military operation will be to “topple Hamas rule in Gaza”. (Axios)
    • Israeli soldiers open fire against protestors in the occupied West Bank, killing eleven people and injuring 124 others. (Al Jazeera)
    • Human Rights Watch accuses the Israeli Defense Forces of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operation in the Gaza area and Lebanon, saying that this puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injuries. (Reuters)
    • Hamas says that 13 hostages, including foreigners, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. (WION)
    • Israeli troops conduct “localized raids” into Gaza in an attempt to locate Hamas-held hostages. (Times of Israel)
    • An Israeli missile strike hits a group of journalists on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel, injuring six of them, and killing a Reuters videographer, Issam Abdallah. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Avdiivka
    • Heavy fighting occurs between Ukrainian and Russian forces for control of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine says that Russia has launched airstrikes and artillery attacks on the city overnight but that its troops were “holding their ground”. (Reuters)
• Islamic terrorism in Europe
  • Arras school stabbing
    • A teacher is killed and another teacher and a security guard are seriously injured in a stabbing attack at a high school in Arras, Hauts-de-France, France. The Chechen attacker is arrested by police. (BBC News)
• A diplomat at the Embassy of Israel in Beijing, China, is stabbed by an unknown foreign attacker. The diplomat was taken to a hospital for treatment and is in stable condition. The incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. (i24 News)

Business and economy

• Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
  • The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority approves Microsoft’s takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Mühldorf van crash
  • Seven people are killed and 16 others are injured when a vehicle carrying illegal immigrants from the Middle East crashes in Mühldorf, Bavaria, Germany. (AP)
• A military helicopter crashes in Canelas Municipality, Durango, Mexico, killing three people. (AP)

International relations

• International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • During a CIS Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will offer to mediate a ceasefire. (The Moscow Times)

Law and crime

• Protests on the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Anti-Israel protests occur in many cities across the Middle East. (AP)
  • Cities across the United States tighten their security after former Hamas leader Khaled Mashal called for a Global Day of Jihad against Zionism. (The Guardian)
• Russian police detain one of the three lawyers of Alexei Navalny and raid the houses of the other two, accusing them of belonging to an extremist organization. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
  • Jim Jordan wins the Republican nomination for House Speaker after Steve Scalise withdrew his bid. (Axios)

Science and technology

• Discovery Program
  • NASA successfully launches its Psyche space probe from Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft will explore the M-type asteroid 16 Psyche, a suspected core of a protoplanet in the asteroid belt. (Reuters)