Portal:Current events/2007 May 24
May 24, 2007 (Thursday)
- The United States House of Representatives approves a $US100 billion bill to fund the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan without a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict:
- Israeli soldiers arrest 33 Hamas figures in Nablus, West Bank, including one cabinet member, Palestinian Education Minister Naser al-Shaer. (AFP via ABC Australia)
- Palestinians fire eight Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip towards the western Negev. (Reuters)
- The IAF makes two air strikes in the Gaza Strip, destroying housing used by the Hamas Executive Force and another post in Deir al-Balah. (Ynet)
- 38 Siberian miners are killed and 7 injured by a methane explosion in the Yubileinaya coal mine in the Kemerovo Oblast in Russia. (Xinhua)
- Voting is underway in the Republic of Ireland for a general election after a closely fought campaign. (RTÉ) (BBC)