February 9, 2024 (Friday)

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu orders the Israel Defense Forces to plan evacuations of the city of Rafah.

At least 340 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amid continued fighting against the Arakan Army.

Two people are killed and three more survive after a plane crashes on Interstate 75 in Collier County, Florida, United States.

At least 18 people are killed during a collision between a bus and a truck on a road in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court of Malaysia declares several instances of Islamic legislation passed by the State Government of Kelantan as unconstitutional.

Four people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting at a market in Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. The gunman is arrested.

Two police officers are killed and two more are injured after a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft in the port of Barbate, Spain.