Portal:Current events/2024 October 19

October 19, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- An Israeli airstrike kills at least 33 people, including 21 women, at a Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
- At least 73 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Beit Lahia. (Al Ahram)
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli forces strike the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 people and injuring several others. (NPR)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence
  - A drone strike targets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in the resort town Caesarea. (AP)
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  - Israeli strikes on a vehicle and an apartment building in Baaloul and north of Beirut kill seven people, including the mayor of Sohmor. (Boston25 News)
- 180 projectiles are fired from Lebanon, striking vehicles and a building, killing one person and injuring thirteen others. (Star Tribune)
- The Israel Defense Forces says the Israeli Air Force killed Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid, Hezbollah's deputy commander in Bint Jbeil yesterday. (Washington Times) (Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Cuba blackout
- Some electricity is restored after a power outage in Cuba. (AP)

Law and crime

Iraqi protesters storm and wreck the office of Saudi-owned MBC TV channel after it aired a programme calling Hamas and Hezbollah leaders "terrorists". (New Arab)
- The Communications and Media Commission in Iraq suspends MBC operations in Iraq. (Roya News)

Politics

Clashes between protestors and police break out over demonstrations of arrested activists in Nasiriyah, Iraq. (CityNews)