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 shelters by displaced Palestinians have "completely deteriorated" and are now unusable due to strong winter winds and heavy rainfall. (Al Jazeera)
Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
  - Syria's new government announces "a large-scale sweep operation" in Latakia to arrest or eliminate all remaining pro-Assad insurgents and any threats to national security. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
- Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense announces that they targeted several locations in Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani aircraft conducting aerial bombardments within Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge collapse
- The death toll from the highway collapse between Maranhão, and Tocantins, Brazil, six days ago, increases to eleven with six others still missing. (Correio Brazilense)
Tornado outbreak of December 26–29, 2024
- At least two people are killed in a tornado outbreak across the southern United States, with damage reported near Houston, Texas. (USA Today)

International relations

Lukoil oil transit dispute, Ukrainian energy crisis, Slovakia–Ukraine relations
- Slovakia threatens reciprocal measures against Ukraine's plans to suspend the transit of Russian oil to Slovakia on January 1, including suspending electricity supplies. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening a "second energy front" against Kyiv under Moscow's orders. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections