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17 October 2024 – Israel–Hamas war: Killing of Yahya Sinwar; The Israeli military announces that Yahya Sinwar, the de facto leader of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7 attack, has been killed in a clash with Israeli forces in the Rafah Governorate of Gaza. (AzerNews) (The Wall Street Journal); An Israeli strike kills 28 people, including at least five children, at the Abu Hussein school in Jabalia, northern Gaza. (Sky News) (Al Jazeera)
17 October 2024 –: A court in Vietnam sentences tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan to life in prison on fraud charges, in addition to her death sentence from a similar trial in April. (Radio Free Asia)
16 October 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict: 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon; Attack on Nabatieh municipal council