2024 Chicago Marathon Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich runs 2:09:56 to break the world record for women's marathon by 1 minute and 57 seconds at the Chicago Marathon.
Starship flight test 5 SpaceX completes its fifth test flight of the Starship spacecraft, successfully catching the rocket booster with the arms of the launch tower at Starbase in Texas, United States, and with the spacecraft landing in the Indian Ocean.
2024 Macanese Chief Executive election Sam Hou Fai is elected as the new Chief Executive of Macau by the Election Committee, succeeding Ho Iat Seng.
2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election Lithuanians vote in the first round of elections to elect the 141 members of the Seimas.
Minya Governorate Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a train collision in Minya Governorate, Egypt.
Sudanese civil war At least 23 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces airstrike on a marketplace in an area of Khartoum, Sudan, currently controlled by the Rapid Support Forces.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that North Korean troops have been deployed to Ukraine to fight alongside the Russian military.
Israel–Hamas war An Israeli attack on a school used to shelter displaced Palestinians kills at least 22 people, including fifteen children, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza.
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorizes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system to Israel to help boost the country's air defences.
Israel–Hezbollah conflict Four Israeli soldiers are killed and 61 others are injured in a Hezbollah drone strike on Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, Israel.
Israeli airstrikes destroy an Ottoman-era market in Nabatieh, Lebanon, killing at least one person and injuring four others.
Two Israel Defense Forces Merkava tanks forcibly enter a UNIFIL base in Ramyah, Bint Jbeil District, Lebanon. The tanks fire rounds at the base, injuring fifteen United Nations peacekeepers.