Current events: 2024-09-11

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Five Palestinians are killed by an Israeli drone strike on Tubas, in the West Bank. (Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Six UNRWA staffers are killed in Israeli airstrikes on a school in central Gaza. (Reuters)
    • An Israeli Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Rafah during a mission to evacuate an injured combat engineer, killing two personnel on board. (Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • Russian forces have reportedly recaptured 10 settlements in Kursk Oblast. (Anadolu Agency)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United Kingdom reportedly approves the use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike targets inside Russian territory. (The Kyiv Independent)
  • The Toronto International Film Festival says screenings of a controversial documentary depicting Russian soldiers in Ukraine will go ahead as planned, despite Ontario’s public broadcaster, TVO, pulling its support amid outcry from Ukrainian Canadians.(Global News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Nigeria floods
  • More than of the 80% of the animals in Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo are killed by heavy floods in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in northern Vietnam increases to 155 people, while 141 others are missing. The majority of the victims were killed by floods and landslides, mainly in the provinces of Lào Cai, Yên Bái, and Cao Bằng. (AP)
• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, as a category 2 hurricane. (National Hurricane Center)

Law and crime

• Malaysian police rescue 400 minors suspected of being sexually abused at Islamic charity homes linked to Al-Arqam. (Reuters)

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