Wednesday

October 2, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

2024 Jaffa shooting

Hamas military wing Al-Qassam Brigades claims responsibility for yesterday's mass shooting and stabbing attack in Jaffa, Israel, that killed seven people and injured 17 others. (Al Jazeera)

Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine

Humanitarian aid groups tell Reuters that Israel introduced new customs regulations and restrictions on humanitarian aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip in mid-August, which are significantly delaying the delivery of food and essential supplies via the Jordan route. (Reuters)

Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

The Gaza Health Ministry reports that at least 51 people, including seven women and twelve children, are killed in coordinated Israeli strikes in southern Gaza. (AP) (Guardian)

An Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people kills 30 Palestinians in Gaza. (Reuters)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kharkiv strikes

At least ten people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)

Haitian crisis

The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports that over 700,000 Haitians are internally displaced in the country due to gang violence, with more than half being children. (Al Jazeera)

Islamic State insurgency in Iraq

Four Iraqi soldiers are killed and three others are injured in an ambush by Islamic State militants near Kirkuk, Iraq. (Iraqi News Agency) (Reuters)

Terrorism in Denmark, Attacks against Israeli embassies and diplomats

Danish police arrest three Swedes in connection with two explosions that occurred near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

An unexploded ordnance from World War II detonates under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, Japan, causing more than 80 flights to be cancelled. (NHK) (The Guardian)

More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered. (DW) (Al Jazeera)