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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 Russian-occupied 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)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
  - One person is killed and six others are wounded, including two children, in Russian shelling hit several apartment buildings in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Israel–Hamas war
- Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis launch missiles towards Tel Aviv, Israel, on the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)

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)
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports more than 350 deaths caused by cholera in the country since January, over two times the amount in the same period last year. (DW)

International relations

Politics and elections

Science and technology