Current events: 2024-08-31

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli strikes kill at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Five civilians are killed in Ukrainian missile strikes on Belgorod, Russia. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • Al-Shabab bombs several businesses in the Tabelaha Sheikh Ibrahim neighborhood of Mogadishu, Somalia, targeting shops that had complied with the government's directive to install CCTV cameras. (Idilnews)

Disasters and accidents

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter with 22 people on board goes missing over the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. (AP)
• Seven people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a bus crash near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. (CBS News)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Paralympics
  • Poland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
    • Polish F32 Paralympian Róża Kozakowska is disqualified one day after winning gold in the Women's club throw F32 event due to an irregularity with her equipment. (Polsatnews)

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