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November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  - 2024 Basta airstrikes
    - The death toll from yesterday's airstrike in Basta, Beirut, Lebanon, increases to 29 with 67 others injured. (Al Jazeera)
  - 2024 Tyre airstrikes
    - Israeli artillery targets a Lebanese Army base in Tyre District, Lebanon, killing one soldier and injuring 18 others. (Reuters)
- Hezbollah launch over 300 missiles at Israel, targeting the Ashdod Naval Base in Ashdod for the first time and injuring eleven people. (Al Jazeera)
Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - At least six people are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, one in the Nuseirat refugee camp, two in the Maghazi refugee camp, and three in Rafah. The Israel Defense Forces issue a new evacuation order in Shuja'iyya, Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
A man open fire near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, wounding three police officers, before being shot dead. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2024 Pakistani general election, Arrest of Imran Khan
- Pakistani police arrest thousands of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of a planned protest to demand for the release of Khan and other members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, along with the resignation of the current government. The capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, is placed under a security lockdown before the protest takes place. (DW) (RNZ)
LGBTQ rights in Russia
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a bill into law banning the adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transition is legal. The bill also outlaws material that promotes childlessness. (AP)
Six people are killed and five injured after a mass shooting at a bar in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. (AP)
Missing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan is found murdered in the United Arab Emirates, with three people later arrested for the murder. (The New York Times)
Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region, Iraq, vehemently criticizes Iraq's proposed legislation to lower the legal age of marriage to nine, labeling it a severe regression in women's rights. (Al Arabiya)

Politics and elections

2024 Romanian presidential election
- The first round of the presidential elections in Romania takes place, to determine which two candidates will compete against each other in the second round on December 8. (Euronews)
- Independent candidate Călin Georgescu and Prime Minister of Romania Marcel Ciolacu from the Social Democratic Party win the first round and pass onto the second round on December 8. (Valahia News) (Romania Insider)
2024 Swiss referendums
- Residents of Switzerland vote on four national issues, including a highly debated expansion programme for national highways. (The Federal Council) (Swiss Info)
2024 Uruguayan general election
- Uruguayans vote in the second round of the general election to elect a president between Yamandú Orsi and Álvaro Delgado. (Reuters)
- The ruling National Party concedes defeat as Broad Front candidate Yamandú Orsi wins the election with 52% of the vote. Over 5% of the votes were invalid, a record high for Uruguay. (DW) (TIME)
The government of Israel approves a resolution to cut ties with and impose sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, after the newspaper ran "many articles that hurt the legitimacy of the State of Israel and its right to self-defence". (Al Jazeera)

Sports