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February 22, 2024
(
2024-02-22
)
(Thursday)
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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)
Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
2024 Ma'ale Adumim attack
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 injured and arrested.
(
The National News
)
(
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
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)
At least eight people are killed during
floods
and
landslides
in the
Brazilian state
of
Rio de Janeiro
.
(AP)
Law and crime
Murder of Kathleen Jo Henry
An
Alaskan
jury finds Brian Smith guilty of the murder of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk.
(ABC News)
A court in
Panama
orders the arrest of former president
Ricardo Martinelli
, who is under protection of the
Nicaraguan
embassy in
Panama City
.
(ABC News)
A majority of citizens of
Westlock
voted to ban public display of pride flags.
[1]
Science and technology
2024 AT&T outage
More than 71,000 customers of
US
mobile carrier
AT&T
experience network outages. Some
Verizon
and
T-Mobile
users also report outages.
(CNN)
(NBC News)
Intuitive Machines
Nova-C
lunar lander
Odysseus
successfully touches down on the
Moon
, near the
lunar south pole
, making it the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.
(BBC News)
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