The military administrator of the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, reports that more than half of the city has been taken by Russian Armed Forces, with the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighting back at eight different locations.
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October 11, 2024 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two United Nations peacekeepers are injured when Israeli forces fire at a watchtower at their headquarters in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese Armed Forces reports that two of its soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on one of its positions in southern Lebanon.
At least 20 Palestinians are killed and dozens of others are injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.
A drone launched from Lebanon damages a building and causes a power outage in Herzliya, Israel.
Business and economy
King of Belgium Philippe and King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander jointly open the Nieuwe Sluis canal lock in Terneuzen, Netherlands, which is part of a series of locks connecting the Western Scheldt to the Port of Ghent.
Aerospace company Boeing announces it will cut 17,000 jobs, 10% of its global workforce, and delay the deliveries of its Boeing 777X planes due to effects of the ongoing machinists strike.
Disasters and accidents
At least 19 people were injured after two trains collided near Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
International relations
France summons the Israeli ambassador to France over recent attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, calling the attacks a violation of international law and asking Israel to explain itself.
Nicaragua formally breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel, calling the Israeli government "fascist" and "genocidal".
Politics and elections
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo for "its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again".
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