Twelve cancer patients have died in the Gaza Strip after the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza's only medical facility serving cancer patients, was forced to suspend operations after running out of fuel.
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November 3, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Fifteen people are killed and 60 others are injured by an Israeli airstrike against a convoy of ambulances en route from al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip to Rafah, Egypt.
Five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a motorcycle bomb at a bus stop in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, detonated as a police bus carrying officers passed by.
Fourteen soldiers are killed in an ambush against their convoy in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
A Russian missile strike kills more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers at an awards ceremony near the front line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the incident "could have been avoided" amid anger over the losses.
Arts and culture
The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, returns the remains of four Paiwan warriors to the Taiwanese indigenous community, marking the first international repatriation of ancestral remains for Taiwan. The skulls, which the university acquired in 1907 and are believed to have been taken by Japanese forces in 1874, will be housed at the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung while awaiting a final resting place decision from Mudan authorities.
Disasters and accidents
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Karnali Province, Nepal, killing at least 157 people and injuring over 300 more. Several houses are destroyed.
International relations
Honduras recalls its ambassador to Israel in response to Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip.
Politics and elections
The Electoral Commission concludes vote counting, which shows that the leading National Party requires a coalition with the ACT and New Zealand First parties to form a government after the final tally reveals a shift in parliamentary seats.
Science and technology
An eruption takes place off the coast of Iwo Jima, forming a temporary new island and continuing the first magmatic eruptions of the volcano in at least 1000 years.
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