February 29, 2024 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

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)

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Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli in the West Bank.

(Times of Israel)

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Disasters and accidents

The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas.

(AP)

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A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashes six kilometers off the coast of Bergen, Norway, killing one person and injuring five others.

(NU.nl)

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Forty-six people are killed and 75 more injured during a fire at a seven-storey shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

(BBC News)

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International 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)

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The European Parliament votes in favor of a non-binding resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war.

(The Brussels Times)

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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)

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