Portal:Current events/2024 July 22

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of Khan Yunis
      • At least 70 Palestinians are killed and more than 200 others are injured by Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes in Khan Younis Governorate in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
    • Israel orders mandatory evacuations across the Gaza Strip, including in sections of the heavily populated Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone. (AP)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two soldiers are injured in a Hezbollah rocket strike in northern Israel.(Haaretz)
  • Drones from Lebanon are intercepted by Israeli Iron Dome.^[1] (Haaretz)
  • The Israeli parliament votes in favor of classifying UNRWA as a terrorist organization, allowing the motion to undergo supplementary deliberation regarding Israel severing relations with the agency. (Reuters)
• Somali civil war
  • More than 35 Somali soldiers and more than 80 al-Shabaab militants are killed after al-Shabaab attempts to overrun three army bases near Kismayo, Jubaland. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Chinese gambling workers in the Philippines
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos announces a ban on offshore gaming operations in his State of the Nation Address. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and twelve others are injured when a bus plunges into a ravine near Tarma, Junín, Peru, after the driver swerves to avoid a collision. (The Mirror)

International relations

• Slovakia–United States relations
  • The U.S. Air Force delivers the first of 14 F-16 Fighting Falcons to the Slovak Air Force as part of a $1.6 billion deal signed in 2018. (Reuters)
• Belarusian foreign minister Maxim Ryzhenkov [be] is invited to make Belarus's first foreign ministry visit to North Korea regarding cooperation with Russia in conflicts with the Western world. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
  • A high court in Sierra Leone sentences eleven people, including soldiers and police officers, to 40 to 70 years in prison for their roles in the failed military coup last year. (Reuters)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • A court in the United Arab Emirates sentences 57 Bangladeshis to prison, including three to life sentences, for holding protests against the Bangladesh government in the United Arab Emirates, where protesting is illegal. (BBC News)
• Animal rights in Colombia
  • President of Colombia Gustavo Petro signs into law a bill outlawing bullfighting and ordering all bullrings to be converted into cultural or alternative sporting venues by 2027. (AP)
• Daruvar shooting
  • Six people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting at a nursing home in Daruvar, Croatia. The perpetrator is arrested. (Reuters)
• A Canadian citizen is shot and killed by Israeli police after he attempts to stab Israeli soldiers and security personnel at the entrance to the Netiv HaAsara moshav, near the border with the Gaza Strip. (Anadolu Agency)
• A court in Russia sentences Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six and a half years in prison in a secret trial. (DW)

Politics and elections

• Burmese military commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing is named acting president of Myanmar after previous acting president Myint Swe takes medical leave. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • French president Emmanuel Macron opens the 142nd IOC Session in Paris. (Francs Jeux)