Five Israeli soldiers are killed and seven others are injured in gun battles with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon.
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October 24, 2024 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Two car bombs explode outside police stations in Acámbaro and Jerécuaro, Guanajuato, Mexico, injuring three police officers in Acámbaro.
Islamist insurgents target an Indian Army vehicle with small arms fire near Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing two soldiers and two civilian porters and injuring three other soldiers.
Israel says that it killed Muhammad Abu Attawi, a commander in Hamas' Nukhba forces who participated in the Nova music festival massacre, in an airstrike in Gaza yesterday.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that Russian Armed Forces have made significant advances in the strategic city of Selydove, predicting that it could be captured in a few days.
At least 17 Palestinians, including children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Nuseirat refugee camp.
Business and economy
The British government announces that single-use vapes will be banned in England and Wales beginning on 1 June 2025.
Disasters and accidents
Eight people are killed when a NNPC Limited Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria.
International relations
North Korea sends a wave of trash balloons over South Korea, with one balloon falling on the presidential compound in central Seoul. The balloon reportedly contained leaflets criticizing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee.
Law and crime
Four people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass stabbing in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Politics and elections
The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to Venezuelan opposition leaders MarĂa Corina Machado and Edmundo González for their activism.
Residents of Montserrat vote to elect nine of the eleven members of the Legislative Assembly under plurality block voting.
Former Premier of Montserrat Reuben Meade and his newly established party United Alliance wins five seats in the general election, establishing a majority and the ability to form a new government. The People's Democratic Movement party wins three seats and the Movement for Change and Prosperity party wins one seat.
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