September 6, 2024 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 27 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in cities across the Gaza Strip, including in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

(Reuters)

Israeli invasion of the Gaza StripIsrael–Hamas warIsraeli–Palestinian conflict

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Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American woman, is shot dead by Israeli troops during an anti-Israeli settlement protest in the West Bank.

(AP)

Israeli occupation of the West BankIsraeli–Palestinian conflict

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Israeli settlers and soldiers storm the Palestinian village of Qaryut, beating and opening fire against the residents, killing a 13-year-old girl and wounding two men.

(Palestine News Network)

Israeli occupation of the West BankIsraeli–Palestinian conflict

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Arts and culture

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces the end of its international adoption program after suspending the program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Al Jazeera)

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China opens the world's largest indoor skiing resort in Pudong, Shanghai, with a 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft) skiing area and a total campus area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft).

(DW)

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Disasters and accidents

Eighteen students are killed and 27 others are injured in a fire at a boarding school in Nyeri, Kenya.

(Al Jazeera)

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A Piper PA-46 aircraft crashes into a cornfield after going into a nosedive in Anderson, Indiana, United States, killing all four occupants on board.

(FOX59)

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Law and crime

Brazilian human rights minister Silvio Almeida is fired from his cabinet position following several accusations of sexual harassment towards women, including another cabinet minister.

(Reuters)

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Polish prosecutors charge three Belarusian citizens for diverting Ryanair Flight 4978 under a fabricated bomb threat to arrest political activist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega.

(DW)

Ryanair Flight 4978, Belarus–Poland relations

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New York Supreme Court justice Juan Merchan postpones former U.S. president Donald Trump's sentencing in his criminal case until after Election Day on November 5.

(The New York Times), (Reuters)

Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York

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Sheffield Crown Court in South Yorkshire, UK, sentences Thomas Birley, a British man who set fire to a hotel that housed asylum seekers in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, to nine years in prison for arson with the intent to endanger life, the longest sentence related to the riots so far.

(Al Jazeera)

2024 United Kingdom riots

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