At least 93 Palestinians are killed and 40 others are missing in Israeli strikes on a residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
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October 29, 2024 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The World Food Programme warns of intensifying famine conditions in northern Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid blockades.
Russia claims that it has taken the cities of Selydove and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with open-source data indicating that Russian forces are advancing at their fastest pace in at least one year amid signs of North Korean involvement in the war.
Sixteen people are killed in airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including ten in the village of Sarafand.
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of six businessmen over the installation of CCTV cameras in Yaaqshiid District, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov vows to retaliate harshly against Ukraine after a drone strike targeted a Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya, Russia, representing the first known drone attack in Chechnya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ,
Eight Austrian Army soldiers and peacekeepers are injured when a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah, hits the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon.
Disasters and accidents
Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in parts of southern and eastern Spain causes a train to derail in Andalusia. Seven people are reported missing in the towns of Letur and L'AlcĂşdia.
A ten-story hotel collapses in Villa Gesell, Argentina, killing one person and leaving at least seven others trapped.
Politics and elections
German metalworkers union IG Metall begins a labor strike over the working conditions and wages of 3.9 million workers in the country.
Naim Qassem is elected as secretary-general of Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah.
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