Portal:Current events/2024 July 9

July 9, 2024 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - 9 July 2024 Gaza attacks
    - At least 50 Palestinians are killed and dozens of others are injured in Israeli attacks on Tel al-Hawa, Sabra, and Shuja'iyya, Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
  - Al-Awda School massacre
    - At least 29 Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack targeting the entrance of a UNRWA-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians, becoming Israel's fourth attack on Gaza schools in the past four days. (BBC News)
  - United Nations human rights experts accuse Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that resulted in child malnutrition and death in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  - Hezbollah launches 40 rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Syria, killing two Israelis. (The Jerusalem Post)
  - A Hezbollah commander and a former Hassan Nasrallah bodyguard killed in an IDF airstrike on Beirut–Damascus highway in Syria. (Arab News)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
  - U.S. military officials announce that the Gaza floating pier will be permanently removed after being reinstalled for several more days, due to weather and aid distribution problems. (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
  - Russian forces reportedly capture the village of Yasnobrodivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Brazil wildfires
- Wildfires burn 760,000 hectares (1.8 million acres) of the Brazilian Pantanal, destroying over 4% of Brazil's largest wetland. (The Guardian)
2024 Sulawesi landslide
- The death toll from the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Bone Bolango, Indonesia, amid heavy rains, increases to 23 people. Thirty-five others are still missing and 23 more were rescued. (AP)

International relations

Ethiopia–Sudan relations, Sudanese peace process
- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets in Port Sudan with Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and armed forces commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to seek an end to the Sudanese Civil War. (Sudan Tribune)
Georgia–European Union relations, Accession of Georgia to the European Union
- The European Union pauses the accession of Georgia to the organization and freezes €30 million (US$32.5 million) in aid to the Georgian Ministry of Defense after the Georgian parliament passed a law requiring media and nonprofit groups to be deemed as foreign agents if they receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign sources. (AP)
Hungary–Russia relations, Foreign relations of Belarus, Russia–European Union relations
- Hungary opens its borders to Russian and Belarusian guest workers without requiring work visas or cultural knowledge testing requirements, thereby allowing these workers to obtain "National Cards" and travel freely within the European Union's Schengen Area. (Forbes)
Ukraine–NATO relations
- NATO announces that it will establish a senior representative to Kyiv to coordinate with Ukrainian officials and strengthen Ukraine's ties to NATO. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, Iran–United States relations
- United States Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines accuses the Iranian government of using social media to covertly encourage and finance pro-Palestinian campus protests, in order to deepen American political divisions and increase distrust in democratic institutions. (AP)
Killings of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt
- Three women are killed during a crossbow attack at a house in Bushey, United Kingdom. A 26-year-old man is wanted. (AP)
A court in Moscow, Russia, issues an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is currently residing outside of Russia. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

Sports

UEFA Euro 2024
- In association football, Spanish player Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest goalscorer at a UEFA European Championship tournament after scoring in Spain's 2–1 semi-final win against France at 16 years and 362 days old. (AP)