Portal:Current events/2023 February 26

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2023 Huwara shooting, 2023 Huwara rampage
    • Two Israeli settlers are killed by a Palestinian gunman in Huwara, Nablus Governorate, West Bank. During revenge attacks by Israelis, a Palestinian is shot and killed and 98 others are injured, many during arson attacks. (CNN)
• Mexican drug war
  • Nuevo Laredo military shooting
    • Soldiers open fire on a pickup truck carrying unarmed civilians in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, killing five people, sparking protests and riots by local people. (El Paso Times)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Four people are killed and 14 others are injured in a bombing at a market in Barkhan, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Belarusian opposition partisans launch a drone attack on Russian aircraft at the Machulishchy air base. (Ukrainska Pravda via Yahoo! News)

Disasters and accidents

• Somali Civil War
  • African Union Transition Mission in Somalia
    • Three people are killed and eight others are injured when an African Union helicopter crashes in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. (Reuters)
• 2023 Calabria migrant boat disaster
  • At least 60 people are killed and 80 others are rescued after a boat carrying migrants capsizes in rough seas off the southern coast of Calabria, Southern Italy. (AP)
• One person is killed and 29 others are injured when a bus carrying migrants crashes near Chirpan, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria. (BNR)

Sports

• 2023 EFL Cup final
  • Manchester United defeat Newcastle United 2–0 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2022–23 EFL Cup, and their first competitive trophy since 2017. It is also the first match to allow safe standing in a major domestic English men's final in 34 years. (BBC Sport)