Portal:Current events/2025 June 19

June 19, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- Iran–Israel war
  - Airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war
    - The death toll from Israel's strikes on Iran rises to more than 240, including 70 women and children. To date, at least 24 people have been killed by Iranian strikes on Israel. (Al Jazeera)
    - Iran strikes four sites in central and southern Israel. The Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, is hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, injuring at least 240 people. Iran says it was targeting a military site, striking an Israeli military and intelligence centre located near the hospital. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
    - The Israeli Air Force strikes the Arak Nuclear Complex, a heavy-water reactor near Arak, Iran. (The Times of Israel)
- Gaza war
  - Rafah aid distribution killings
    - Israeli gunfire and airstrikes kill at least 92 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, including 16 people waiting for aid assistance near the Netzarim Corridor. (Al Jazeera)
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
- M23 campaign
  - After three days of dialogue, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda sign a provisional peace treaty and are set to begin negotiations for a draft peace treaty on June 27. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

A rockslide at Bow Glacier Falls near Banff, Alberta, Canada, kills at least two people. Three other hikers sustained injuries. (CFCN-DT)

International relations

Israel–Norway relations
- A hand grenade is thrown into the courtyard of the residence of the Norwegian ambassador to Israel in Herzliya. (Reuters)
The Finnish Parliament votes 155–18 to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, citing the threat Russia poses to its national security. (Reuters) (Helsingin Sanomat)

Law and crime