July 12, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel-Hamas war
- Siege of Gaza City
- Gaza City rescue crews discover at least 60 Palestinian bodies in the Tel Al-Hawa and Sabra districts following a week of attacks on Gaza City by Israeli forces. (Reuters)
- Siege of Gaza City
Disasters and accidents
- Gazpromavia Flight 9608
- A Gazpromavia Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashes near Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, killing the crew of three people. (Reuters)
- Madan Ashrit Highway disaster
- Fifty-one people are missing after two buses are swept off the Madan Ashrit Highway in Chitwan District, Bagmati Province, Nepal, due to landslides caused by heavy rains. (Reuters)
- At least 21 children are killed and over 120 more are trapped under rubble after a school building collapses in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
- A court in Quito, Ecuador, sentences three people to 12 years in prison and two people to over 34 years in prison for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. At least two of the five are allegedly part of the Los Lobos criminal organization. (Reuters)
- Rust shooting incident
- A judge dismisses American actor Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial due to the withholding of evidence. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- LGBT rights in Burkina Faso
- Burkinabè Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala announces a ban on homosexuality in the country. (BBC News)
- Same-sex marriage in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
- The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rules that same-sex marriage is legal in Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. (De Telegraaf)
Sports
- The International Olympic Committee announces that Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympics Esports Games in 2025. (ESPN)