Portal:Current events/2023 October 23

October 23, 2023 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza–Israel conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
  - Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    - More than 20,000 people are internally displaced in Lebanon amid cross-border strikes by Israeli forces, according to the United Nations migration agency. (Reuters)
    - Israeli air raids target several locations in Lebanon including Ramesh, Markaba, Houla, Shebaa, and Kafr Shuba. (Al Jazeera)
  - Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    - The Indonesian Hospital, the largest in northern Gaza, loses power after running out of fuel. (CNN)
  - Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    - Hamas releases two Israeli hostages following mediation by Qatar and Egypt. The pair were taken to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. (AFP via The Philippine Star)
  - The Gaza Health Ministry says that Israeli airstrikes kill at least 436 Palestinians, including women and children, in northern Gaza’s Al-Shati refugee camp as well as Khan Younis. (Al Jazeera)
  - Omar Daraghmeh, a senior Hamas official, dies while in an Israeli prison, with Hamas spokespeople claim it to have been an assassination. He was arrested in the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces, along with his son. (Reuters) (BNN)
  - Israeli forces launch night raids in the West Bank, with heavily armed troops backed by armored vehicles seen in at least two areas. (Al Jazeera)
  - Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has warned the escalation of fighting in Gaza poses a threat to the region and the world. He asserted Israel should not be given a "green light for unconditional killing". (Al Jazeera)
Mexican drug war
- At least 24 people, including twelve police officers, are killed in three separate mass shootings and ambushes by unidentified assailants in Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero, and Tacámbaro, Michoacán, Mexico. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

2023–24 European windstorm season
- Storm Babet
  - The death toll from the extratropical cyclone in the United Kingdom rises to seven as another body is found in floodwaters in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. (The Independent)
A cargo train collides with a passenger train in Bhairab, Bangladesh, killing at least 17 people and injuring many others. (Reuters)
Seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 55 near New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Police say the 158-car pile-up was caused by a dense fog. (BBC News)

International relations

Enlargement of NATO
- Sweden–NATO relations
  - Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submits a bill on granting Sweden membership into NATO to the Grand National Assembly. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Aftermath of the 2023 Pakistani protests
- The Supreme Court of Pakistan declares the court-martials of civilians unconstitutional, moving the trials of over 100 pro-Imran Khan protesters to civilian criminal courts. (Reuters)
A Russian district court extends RFE journalist Alsu Kurmasheva's detention as a preventive measure after Kurmasheva allegedly failed to register as a foreign agent. (AFP via RFI)
Authorities in Touboro, North Region, Cameroon confirm that over 30 people, likely including students from Chad, were abducted by suspected bandits yesterday. (Reuters via Japan Today)
Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. (CBC News)

Science and technology

2023 in arthropod paleontology
- A new species of prehistoric millipede named Lauravolsella willemeni is discovered in the Netherlands. (NOS)

Sports

2023 MLB postseason
- 2023 American League Championship Series
  - The Texas Rangers defeat the Houston Astros, 11–4 in game 7, to win the American League pennant. (The Washington Post)