Portal:Current events/2023 November 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of Gaza City
      • The Israel Defense Forces announce the complete encirclement of Gaza City and say that they have split the Gaza Strip in two after Israeli troops reach the coast. (The Times of Israel)
    • The Royal Jordanian Air Force airdrops medical aid to a field hospital inside the Gaza Strip. (AA)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • Three children and a woman are killed, and several others are injured, when two cars carrying civilians are hit by an Israeli airstrike near the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun, Lebanon, and four paramedics are injured when two ambulances are bombed in Tayr Harfa. In response to these attacks, Hezbollah launches an anti-tank guided missile towards Kiryat Shmona, killing a civilian. Three Hezbollah members are later killed in retaliation during a series of Israeli airstrikes. (AFP via France 24) (The Times of Israel)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • At least 20 people are killed by shells that hit a marketplace in Khartoum. (AFP via VOA)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Eleven people are killed and several more are kidnapped as Boko Haram gunmen open fire against farmers working in their fields in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria. (AP)

Disasters and incidents

• A car crashes into a beer garden in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, killing five people and injuring four others. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• The Government of Delhi, India, extends school closures for an additional week due to persistent high air pollution levels, with provisions for secondary schools to opt for online classes. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• 2023 Hamburg Airport hostage incident
  • A man drives onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport in Germany and holds his four-year-old daughter hostage underneath an airplane, causing all flights at the airport to be suspended. The man surrenders to police 18 hours later. (BBC News)
• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Pro-Palestinian protestors clash with police and attempt to overrun the USAF occupying Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. (France24)
• A radio broadcaster is fatally shot in Calamba, Misamis Occidental, Philippines, while hosting a broadcast that was also being livestreamed on Facebook. (AP via ABC News)

Politics and elections

• The Republican People's Party, Turkey's main opposition party, elects Manisa MP Özgür Özel as its new leader following the party's loss in the recent parliamentary election. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2023 Japan Series, Curse of the Colonel
  • In baseball, the Hanshin Tigers defeat the Orix Buffaloes to win the Japan Series in seven games, capturing their second championship and their first since 1985. (Japan News)
• 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
  • In auto racing, Ryan Blaney of Team Penske wins his first NASCAR Cup Series championship. (AP via Toronto Star)
• 2023 New York City Marathon
  • Tamirat Tola wins the New York City Marathon with a course record time of 2:04:58. (The New York Times)