Portal:Current events/2023 November 25

November 25, 2023 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
  - 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
    - On day 2 of the ceasefire, Hamas releases 13 Israeli hostages and 4 Thai migrant workers, while Israel releases 39 Palestinian prisoners.(The Guardian)
- The Israeli government will summon the Belgian and Spanish ambassadors following their criticism of Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians under Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. (AP)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A UNIFIL patrol unit is hit by IDF gunfire in the vicinity of Aitaroun with no casualties. UNIFIL condemned the incident and called on parties to be reminded "of their obligations to protect peacekeepers and avoid putting the men and women who are working to restore stability at risk."(AlArabiya)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia launches 75 drones against Ukraine from two directions, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Kursk region. In response, Ukraine launches 20 drones against Russia, including the capital, Moscow. (CNN) (Reuters) (AP)
Syrian civil war
- Syrian military shelling in rebel-held Qoqfin, Idlib Governorate, kills ten people, including seven children. (AP via ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Karachi mall fire
- Eleven people are killed and 35 others are injured by a fire at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan. (AFP via The Guardian)
Five climbers are killed and four others are injured by an avalanche in the Zagros Mountains in Lorestan, Iran. (AP)
Four people are killed and 60 others are injured in a stampede at a music festival in Kochi, Kerala, India. (AP)

Health and environment

Law and crime

Four people are killed and another is injured as a former soldier and para-athlete opens fire at his wedding party in northeast Thailand, before killing himself. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

Sports