Friday

February 27, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

Israeli air and drone strikes kill at least five people and injure several others in central and southern Gaza, despite an ongoing United States-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas. (AFP via The Hindu)

2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war

Clashes break out on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Pakistan launching airstrikes on several locations in Afghanistan, including the capital of Kabul, targeting Taliban government forces directly, in what Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Asif describes as "open war". (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed and 19 others are injured in a blast and fire at a café in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan. (Reuters)

Six people are killed and several others are injured after a sleeper bus collides with a trailer on National Highway 25 in Rajasthan, India. (News18)

Two people are killed and 49 more injured after a tram derails in Milan, Italy, and crashes into pedestrians and a building. (BBC News) (Rai News)

2026 Bolivian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash

Twenty people are killed and 30 more are injured after the crash of a Bolivian Air Force aircraft into a busy avenue in El Alto, Bolivia. (Reuters)