Portal:Current events/2024 February 29

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Flour massacre
      • At least 112 people are killed and 760 others are injured in Gaza City while receiving aid. The Gaza Health Ministry claims the Israel Defense Forces indiscriminately opened fire into a crowd, while Israeli officials claim that most of the deaths were caused by a stampede resulting from Israeli warning shots. (AP) (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
    • 2024 Eli shooting
      • Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli in the West Bank. (Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Dhaka Bailey Road fire
  • Forty-six people are killed and 75 more injured during a fire at a seven-storey shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
• A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashes six kilometers off the coast of Bergen, Norway, killing one person and injuring five others. (NU.nl)
• The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. (AP)

International relations

• Colombia–Israel relations
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend the purchase of armament from Israeli manufacturers. Petro also declares the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip to be a genocide. (W Radio)
• Israel–European Union relations
  • The European Parliament votes in favor of a non-binding resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. (The Brussels Times)

Law and crime

• Dutch international footballer Quincy Promes is detained in Dubai while on trip with Spartak Moscow and faces extradition to the Netherlands after having been recently convicted in absentia of drug trafficking and sentenced to six years in prison by the Dutch court. (Telecom Asia)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Rochdale by-election
  • Residents in Rochdale, England, vote to elect a new Member of Parliament in a controversial by-election overshadowed by the Israel–Hamas war. (The Guardian)
  • Workers Party of Britain candidate George Galloway wins the by-election with 12,335 votes. (BBC News)
• Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at the age of 84. (Al Jazeera)