Tuesday

September 9, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

Gaza war

2025 Gaza City offensive

The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City amidst its renewed offensive. (CNN)

Israeli airstrike on Hamas leadership in Qatar

The Israeli Air Force carries out a series of airstrikes against the Hamas leadership's office in Doha, Qatar, during a meeting. Six people are killed; however, the entire leadership survived according to Palestinian and Hamas sources. A member of the Qatari security forces is among the fatalities. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News) (Al Arabiya)

Red Sea crisis

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted. (The Times of Israel) (YNet)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests

Nepalese prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns in response to the protests amid a government collapse. (News24) (Reuters)

The Federal Parliament building is stormed and set on fire by protesters. (Al Jazeera)

Foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba and her husband, former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, are assaulted at their residence. (Himalpress)

A video shows finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel being beaten and dragged through the streets of Kathmandu by protesters. His condition is unknown. (NDTV)

The private residence of President Ram Chandra Poudel is stormed and vandalized by protesters while the headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the Nepali Congress party are both destroyed. (Israel Hayom)

Nakhu Jail in Lalitpur District, Bagmati Province, is stormed by protesters and all inmates are freed, including prominent opposition figure Rabi Lamichhane. The prison is then set ablaze. (Setopati)

Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport is closed and occupied by the Nepali Army, while several airlines suspend flights to Nepal due to the ongoing civil unrest. (Online Khabar) (The Economic Times)

Disasters and accidents

World War II bomb disposal in Europe

Police in Bratislava, Slovakia, evacuate several downtown blocks and suspend traffic and public transport after the discovery of a 500-pound (225-kilogram) World War II unexploded bomb in a construction site. (AP)