Portal:Current events/2024 December 28
December 28, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations
- The Gaza Strip Government Media Office reports that 110,000 out of 135,000 tents used as shelter by displaced Palestinians have "completely deteriorated" and became unusable due to strong winter winds and heavy rainfall. (Al Jazeera)
- Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- Syria's new government announces “a large-scale sweep operation” in Latakia to arrest or eliminate remaining pro-Assad insurgents and any threats to national security. (Al Jazeera)
- Western Syria clashes
- 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
- Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense stated that they targeted several locations in Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani aircraft conducting aerial bombardments within Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Homelessness in the United States
- U.S. homelessness hits a record high in 2024, increasing by more than 18% the past year, given causes; high housing costs, natural disasters and a spike in migration to major cities. (BBC)
International relations
- Lukoil oil transit dispute, Ukrainian energy crisis, Slovakia–Ukraine relations
- Slovakia threatens reciprocal measures against Ukraine's plans to cut off transit of Russian oil to the nation on 1 January 2025, including halting electricity supplies. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening a "second energy front" against Kyiv under Moscow's orders. (Al Jazeera)