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Revision as of 01:07, 11 October 2024
October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10) (Thursday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- An Israeli Merkava tank opens fire on a UNIFIL checkpoint in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers. Israeli troops also open fire on two other UN positions near the Blue Line, although no casualties are reported. (BBC News)
- At least 22 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes on two different areas in central Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Russo–Ukrainian war
- The World Bank approves a new financial intermediary fund consisting of grants from the United States, Japan, Canada, and other countries coupled with interest from frozen Russian assets to give to Ukraine as part of a $50 billion loan. (Reuters)
- Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirms the death of journalist Victoria Roshchyna who had been held prisoner by Russia since August 2023. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Israel–Hamas war
- An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza kills 27 people. (AP)
Arts and culture
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- This year's Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to South Korean writer Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. (Nobel Prize)
Disasters and accidents
- One person is killed and 12 others are trapped when an elevator fails at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. (Sky News)
International relations
- Israel–Italy relations, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni summons the Israeli ambassador to Italy after Israeli forces target bases manned by Italian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Multiple Palestinian, Dutch, and Jewish human rights organizations sue the Dutch government for exporting weapons and military goods to Israel, thereby allegedly failing to prevent violations of the Genocide Convention and other war crimes in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Tomb of Christopher Columbus
- Researchers from the University of Granada confirm that bones lying in the Seville Cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, belonged to Christopher Columbus. (ABC Spain)
- The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are taken offline following a denial-of-service attack, with the hackers also stealing 31 million passwords in a data breach. (Forbes)
Sports
- Erling Haaland becomes the all-time top goalscorer of the Norway national football team with 34 goals in the last 36 matches, beating Jørgen Juve's 1934 record of 33 goals. (Verdens Gang)