Portal:Current events/2023 October 19

October 19, 2023 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi conflict
- Drones and rockets strike the Al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, which houses U.S. troops. (Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
  - A member of the Security Cabinet of Israel says that the Israel Defense Forces has been given the "green light" to enter the Gaza Strip. (ABC News)
- Five Palestinians are killed in clashes with the Israeli military at the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Reuters)
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
  - Dozens of rockets are fired at the northern Israeli cities of Nahariya and Kiryat Shmona from southern Lebanon, injuring at least three civilians. Hamas says that its cells in Lebanon were responsible for the rocket attacks. (The Times of Israel)
  - Israel responds with airstrikes on Hezbollah positions and Lebanese Armed Forces claims that the IDF injured three Iranian journalists although Tehran denies the claims. (The Times of Israel)
  - UNIFIL peacekeepers claims that one civilian was killed from caught in a cross-fire at the border in when the Lebanese Army requested UNIFIL assistance.(Frane24)
Somali Civil War
- Khatumo is reestablished as one of the federal states of Somalia by the Somali government. (Horseed Media)
Yemeni civil war
- In the Red Sea, the United States Navy destroyer USS Carney uses SM-2 missiles to shoot down three cruise missiles and eight drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. The Pentagon says that the missiles and drones were "potentially headed towards Israel". (Yahoo! News)

Disasters and accidents

2023–24 European windstorm season
- Storm Babet impacts the United Kingdom, bringing gale force winds and heavy rains, killing two people in Angus, Scotland, and another person in Shropshire, England. The crew of a Danish fishing trawler is rescued by the RNLI in the North Sea. (BBC News)

International relations

Canada–India relations
- Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India due to India's decision to revoke the diplomats' immunity following the death of Sikh independence leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (AFP via NDTV)
International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–United Kingdom relations
  - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Israel and meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announcing the UK's solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas. (BBC News)
Israel–Turkey relations
- Israel withdraws its ambassador Irit Lillian and other diplomats from Turkey after urging its citizens to avoid all travel to the country. (The Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
- 2020 Georgia election investigation
  - American attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty to six misdemeanor charges in the Georgia election racketeering prosecution for her role in attempting to overturn the results in Georgia. (BBC News)