Portal:Current events/2024 April 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Israeli attacks in the West Bank during the Israel–Gaza war
      • Fourteen Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack in the West Bank. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Governor of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, says that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a fuel depot in Kardymovsky. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Bangui river disaster
  • A river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the Mpoko River in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing at least 58 people. (DW)

International relations

• Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
  • The U.S. House of Representatives passes a series of bills that would provide $95 billion in military aid to countries including Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
    • American college students plan demonstrations in solidarity with pro-Palestinian Columbia University protesters arrested in New York City earlier this week. (CNN)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee. (ABC News)
• Protests occur in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, against mass tourism in the Canary Islands which is allegedly increasing house prices for locals. (Reuters)