October 5, 2024 (Saturday)

Hamas says that an Israeli strike killed Saeed Atallah, a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades, along with three family members in a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Russian forces claim that they captured the village of Bazhane Druhe in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Indian police claim that 31 Naxalite rebels were killed in a shootout with Indian soldiers in the Abujhmad forest in Chhattisgarh, India.

Ukrainian forces say that they have shot down a Russian aircraft near Kostiantynivka. The aircraft crashed into a house, causing it to catch fire. No casualties are reported. The aircraft is later reported to be a S-70 Okhotnik-B and was reportedly shot down by a Russian Su-57 jet to prevent its capture by Ukraine.

Four people, including a child, are killed in two separate incidents while attempting to cross the English Channel in boats.

Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui runs aground off the coast of Samoa before catching fire and later capsizing. All 75 crew members are evacuated onto lifeboats and rescued. It is the first loss of a New Zealand naval ship at sea since World War II.

The unranked Vanderbilt Commodores upset the undefeated, AP No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 40–35, marking the first time Vanderbilt won against a top-five ranked team in its program's history.