Current events: 2024-09-29

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • A total of 105 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon today, including 32 in Ain El Delb and 21 in Baalbek-Hermel. 359 others are injured. (Al Jazeera)
    • Hezbollah confirms that Nabil Qaouk, the group's senior official, and Ali Karaki, a senior commander, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Dahieh, Lebanon, yesterday. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes against seaports and power stations operated by the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen, killing four people and injuring 29 others. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
• Syrian civil war
  • Twelve pro-Iranian fighters are killed in airstrikes of unknown origin in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • The death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 93. (CNN)

Law and crime

• 31 people are injured in a double arson attack and a double vehicle ramming in Essen, Germany. The perpetrator, a 41-year-old Syrian national, was arrested shortly after the attacks. (The Jerusalem Post)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • Austrians vote for the 183 members of the 26th National Council. (Reuters)
  • The far-right Freedom Party of Austria wins the most seats with 58 but falls short of a majority; the other parties have expressed an unwillingness to form a coalition with them. (BBC)

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