Monday

February 9, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arab–Israeli conflict

Gaza war

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building in Gaza City, Palestine, killing four people and injuring dozens of others. (Al Jazeera)

Israeli–Lebanese conflict

An Israeli drone strikes a car in Yanouh, South Governorate, Lebanon, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child. (AP)

Russo-Ukrainian war

Kupiansk offensive

Russian troops launch a mechanised assault east of the city of Kupiansk, capturing the towns of Petropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka. (ISW)

Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Russian forces launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine using drones and ballistic missiles, killing at least six people, including a 10-year-old boy and his mother in Kharkiv, and injuring dozens of others. (The Independent)

Business and economy

United States embargo against Cuba

Air Canada suspends all flights to Cuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to the U.S. blockade and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela. (Reuters)

Mexico deploys two navy vessels, including the ARM Papaloapan, carrying more than 800 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba amid critical shortages on the island. (Mexico News Daily)

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla condemns the ongoing U.S. blockade as "cruel", accusing U.S. president Donald Trump of trying to "break the political will" of the Cuban people. Russia also calls for an immediate end to the blockade to avoid a humanitarian crisis, and says it will explore ways to help the country. (Al Jazeera)