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October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Crimea attacks
  - An oil terminal in Feodosia, the largest oil facility in Crimea, catches fire following an overnight drone attack by Ukrainian forces. Russian state media reports a state of emergency has been declared in Feodosia due to a "human-made disaster". (Pravda)
Israel–Hamas war
- Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv on the anniversary of the 7 October attacks. (The Times of Israel)

Health and environment

2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Milton
  - Hurricane Milton intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane with a minimum central pressure of 911 millibars. (National Hurricane Center)
  - Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas Counties in Florida cancel school and order evacuations of residential healthcare facilities in preparation of the storm. (Tampa Bay Times)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation". (CNN)

International relations