Tuesday

July 9, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

United Nations human rights experts accuse Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that resulted in child malnutrition and death in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

9 July 2024 Gaza attacks

At least 50 Palestinians are killed and dozens of others are injured in Israeli attacks on Tel al-Hawa, Sabra, and Shuja'iyya, Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)

Al-Awda School massacre

At least 29 Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack targeting the entrance of a UNRWA-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians, becoming Israel's fourth attack on Gaza schools in the past four days. (BBC News)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Hezbollah launches 40 rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Syria, killing two Israelis. (The Jerusalem Post)

A Hezbollah commander and a former Hassan Nasrallah bodyguard killed in an IDF airstrike on Beirut–Damascus highway in Syria. (Arab News)

Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war

U.S. military officials announce that the Gaza floating pier will be permanently removed after being reinstalled for several more days, due to weather and aid distribution problems. (AP)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Eastern Ukraine campaign

Russian forces reportedly capture the village of Yasnobrodivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Brazil wildfires

Wildfires burn 760,000 hectares (1.8 million acres) of the Brazilian Pantanal, destroying over 4% of Brazil's largest wetland. (The Guardian)

2024 Sulawesi landslide

The death toll from the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Bone Bolango, Indonesia, amid heavy rains, increases to 23 people. Thirty-five others are still missing and 23 more were rescued. (AP)