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***At least 29 [[Palestinians]] are killed in [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli]] morning airstrikes on several [[Palestinian refugee camps|refugee camps]] across the [[Gaza Strip]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-29-palestinians-killed-israeli-airstrikes-several-areas-gaza-2024-11-05/ (Reuters)] |
***At least 29 [[Palestinians]] are killed in [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli]] morning airstrikes on several [[Palestinian refugee camps|refugee camps]] across the [[Gaza Strip]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-29-palestinians-killed-israeli-airstrikes-several-areas-gaza-2024-11-05/ (Reuters)] |
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**[[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] dismisses [[Israel]]'s [[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|defense minister]] [[Yoav Gallant]] after disagreements over the prosecution of the [[Israel–Hamas war|war]] in the Gaza Strip. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/world/middleeast/netanyahu-fires-gallant.html (''The New York Times'')] |
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Revision as of 19:00, 5 November 2024
November 5, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli morning airstrikes on several refugee camps across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses Israel's defense minister Yoav Gallant after disagreements over the prosecution of the war in the Gaza Strip. (The New York Times)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
- Six people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
Law and crime
- Right-wing terrorism in Germany
- Seven men are arrested in Germany and another in Poland for plotting ethnic cleansing terrorist attacks and for the aim of taking control of several areas of Saxony. All of those arrested belonged to the Saxonian Separatists, a Neo-Nazi armed and separatist group. (Al Jazeera)
- Railway workers launch an eight-hour-long strike in Italy after a train manager was stabbed and critically wounded yesterday aboard a train near Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa. Several trains are canceled, with only 30% of services guaranteed. (Ansa)
- Equatoguinean vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue warns that politicians caught having sex in their offices would face harsh consequences after a civil servant was caught having sex with multiple women on the job. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States elections
- Polls open for U.S. voters to cast ballots on federal, state and local candidates, notably the presidential election. Millions of Americans have already voted early or by mail. (CNN) (USA Today)
- 2024 Palauan general election
- Citizens of Palau vote for a President and for members of the National Congress. (RNZ)
- 2024 Qatari constitutional referendum
- Qataris hold a referendum to amend the 2004 constitution, voting to strengthen the emir's political power and to abolish elections for members of the Consultative Assembly. (AP) (QNA)
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, citing a "crisis of trust". (The Jerusalem Post)