Current events: 2025-08-24

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
      • Israeli forces kill four Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site near the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its plans to seize the city. (BBC News) (Reuters)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Israeli attacks on Yemen
      • At least two people are killed and 35 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen. (Global News)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed when an air ambulance Cessna 206 crashes into the ground and explodes in Belén de Inambú, Vaupés Department, Colombia. (Blu Radio)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war protests
  • Gaza war protests in Australia
    • An estimated 300,000 people across Australia, including at least 100,000 in Melbourne, march to protest the Israeli escalation of the Gaza war and its plans to militarily seize the Gaza Strip, while also calling for the Australian government to issue sanctions on Israel. (AP)

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