At least 34 people are killed and 40 others are injured during clashes between Somalilander soldiers and anti-government fighters in Laascaanood, Sool, Somaliland.
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February 6, 2023 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Five Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades members are killed, three others are injured, and eight members are arrested during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the West Bank.
Arts and culture
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces that the church will begin using the Revised Julian calendar on September 1, following a decision by the Synod of Bishops.
Disasters and accidents
A second earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurs in KahramanmaraĹź, Turkey, nine hours after the first earthquake.
A Boeing 737-300 firefighting tanker crashes in Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia. Both pilots survive.
Landslides triggered by heavy rains causes mudslides across villages in the Camaná Province, Peru, killing 36 people.
At least 3,400 people are killed in Turkey and Syria as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
Law and crime
The trial of 47 pro-democracy activists begins, two years after their arrest. It is the largest trial yet held under the Hong Kong national security law.
Science and technology
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the ban on Wikipedia to be lifted, three days after the website was banned for alleged anti-Muslim and blasphemous content.
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