Portal:Current events/2023 November 1

November 1, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
  - Two shepherds are killed in the village of Wazzani, Lebanon, after Israeli soldiers opened fire in their direction, while a 16-year-old boy is killed during shelling by the Israeli Army, bringing the death toll in Lebanon to 66. (AFP via Barron's)
- Evacuations during the Israel–Hamas war
  - About 500 people, including injured Palestinians, foreigners and dual Palestinian–foreign nationals, are evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing to Egypt, marking the border crossing's first opening since the war began. (AFP via The Straits Times)
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  - Israel deploys Sa'ar-class corvettes to the Red Sea in response to missile and drone attacks from Yemen. Israeli National Security Council official Tzachi Hanegbi says that the Houthi attacks on Israel are "intolerable". (Reuters)
  - Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns of "harsh consequences" if Israel continues its invasion of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes
  - The Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip is hit by Israeli airstrike for the second consecutive day, with several more people being killed. (Al Jazeera)
- An Israeli soldier is killed in a mortar attack near the kibbutz of Be'eri in southern Israel. (The Times of Israel)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- The Ugandan military announces the capture of an Allied Democratic Forces commander who killed three people, including two tourists, in Queen Elizabeth National Park on October 27. (AP)
Myanmar civil war
- The Three Brotherhood Alliance intensifies its attacks on junta outposts in the northern Shan State as part of Operation 1027. (Narinjara)
- The junta regime confirms that Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army rebels have seized control of the town of Chinshwehaw in Laukkaing District. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- North Korea–Russia relations
  - South Korea's National Intelligence Service reports that North Korea has supplied Russia with over one million rounds of artillery shells for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Russia strikes 118 Ukrainian towns and villages with artillery, missiles, and drones over a 24-hour period, the most in a single day this year. More than 40 attacks are reported in Avdiivka. (BBC News)

Health and environment

Four people are killed and 335 others are infected in Zambia due to an anthrax outbreak, with the Ministry of Health implementing public health measures. (Xinhua)

International relations

International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Jordan relations
  - Jordan recalls its ambassador to Israel in condemnation of the ongoing war. (AFP via Zawya)
Afghanistan–Pakistan relations
- Pakistan begins the mass deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees, according to Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

Operation Dunhammer
- The Danish Prosecution Service discontinues legal proceedings against former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and former intelligence chief Lars Findsen over the leakage of classified information due to the inadmissibility of key classified evidence in court. (AFP via The Manila Times)
The European Data Protection Board bans American social media company Meta from acquiring its users' personal data for targeted advertising in the European Economic Area. (AFP via The Economic Times)
Police in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and Italy arrest several people who threatened or planned terror attacks relating to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. (The Jerusalem Post)

Science and technology

NASA space probe Lucy flies by asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh, the first of eight asteroids planned to be visited by the spacecraft. (AP)

Sports

2023 MLB season
- In baseball, the Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the World Series in five games, capturing their first Major League Baseball championship in their 63-year existence. Corey Seager is named World Series MVP. (NBC News) (ESPN)