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February 29, 2024
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2024-02-29
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel–Hamas war
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Flour massacre
At least 112 people are killed and 760 others are wounded in
Gaza City
after
Israeli forces
fire on civilians receiving humanitarian aid.
(AP)
(Washington Post)
(BBC)
Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near
Eli
,
West Bank
.
(Times of Israel)
The Chadian government announces the death of
Yaya Dillo Djérou
, the leader of opposition party
Socialist Party without Borders
, during yesterday's crack down on its headquarters in
N'Djamena
by the
regime's army
leaving several killed.
(BBC)
(BBC News)
(Al Jazeera English)
(The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
2024 Dhaka building fire
At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
.
(BBC News)
A
Sikorsky S-92
helicopter crashes six kilometers off the coast of
Bergen
,
Norway
, killing one and injuring five others.
(NU.nl)
The
Smokehouse Creek Fire
in the
Texas Panhandle
grows to become the largest
wildfire
in the history of
Texas
.
(AP)
International relations
Colombian President
Gustavo Petro
announces that
Colombia
suspends the purchase of armament from Israeli manufacturers and declared the
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
as a
genocide
.
(W Radio)
Politics and elections
2024 Rochdale by-election
Residents in
Rochdale
, England vote to elect a new
Member of Parliament
in a controversial
by-election
overshadowed by the
Israel–Hamas war
.
(Guardian)
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