Portal:Current events/2018 July 20

July 20, 2018 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2018 Gaza border protests
- An gunfight between Palestinians and the Israel Defense Forces leaves one Israeli soldier and four members of Hamas' military wing dead. Israel responds to the incident with strikes on Hamas targets across Gaza. (Breitbart News)

- Three rockets are fired at Israeli communities from Gaza. Two of them are intercepted by the Iron Dome. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

Smoke from a brush fire closes a major section of Ontario Highway 17 between Mattawa and Petawawa, the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the province. (CBC)

Law and crime

Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
- Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is sentenced to an additional eight years for abusing state funds and violating election laws. (CBC)
A man stabs another on a bus in Lübeck, Germany, prompting an evacuation of the vehicle. During the evacuation, between eight and 13 other people are wounded. Police find a smoldering non-explosive backpack at the scene. The suspect is arrested. (BBC) (CBC)
Hackers steal the personal data of 1.5 million Singaporeans through the national public health care system. Officials say Prime Minister Hsien Loong Lee's data is the target of the breach. (Channel NewsAsia)

Politics and elections

2017–18 Iranian protests
- In Tehran, a group of Iranian girls severely burned in a 2012 school fire protest unequal diyah by the government toward their medical bills, which some say is an inalienable right. Their lawyer says Iran's policy of paying half diyah to women is "unfair and discriminatory". (PayvAnd)
People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
- The XIX Congress of the People's Party begins, which will elect the new party leader and successor of former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The candidates are former Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the party's deputy secretary of communication, Pablo Casado. (Reuters)