Thursday

February 22, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Israel–Hamas war

Forty people are killed and 100 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)

Az-Za'ayyem checkpoint shooting

One Israeli is killed and 11 others are seriously injured in a shooting attack by three Palestinians near the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Two gunmen are killed by Israeli soldiers, while a third is killed in a chase afterwards. (The National News) (Times of Israel)

2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes

A Hezbollah rocket strikes Yuval, northern Israel.(Times of Israel)

Two Hezbollah militants killed and three injured in Israeli drone strike on an apartment building in Kfar Remen.(Times of Israel)

Red Sea crisis

A Palau-flagged cargo ship en route to Egypt is set on fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. No casualties are reported. (AP)

War in Sudan

The World Food Programme releases a report stating that more than 95% of Sudan's population cannot afford a meal a day. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed during floods and landslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. (AP)

2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse

Five people are killed when a barge collides with the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou, China. (Reuters) (The New York Times)

2024 València residential complex fire

Nine people are killed, 15 others are injured and one is missing during a fire at a 14-storey residential building in Valencia, Spain. (AP)