Portal:Current events/2024 April 20
April 20, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Fourteen Palestinian gunmen are killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Governor of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, says that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a fuel depot in Kardymovsky. (Reuters)
International relations
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- The U.S. House of Representatives passes a series of bills that would provide $95 billion in military aid to countries including Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- American protests of Israel–Hamas war
- American college students plan demonstrations in solidarity with pro-Palestinian Columbia University protesters arrested in New York City earlier this week. (CNN)
- American protests of Israel–Hamas war
- Protests occur in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, against mass tourism in the Canary Islands which is allegedly increasing house prices for locals. (Reuters)