Portal:Current events/2024 March 2

March 2, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
  - The U.S. military begins airdropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 92 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours. (Al Jazeera)
  - Fifteen people are killed in an Israeli attack on a home in Deir el-Balah, while another eleven are killed in an attack on a tent housing displaced Palestinians near Tal Al-Sultan Hospital in Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
- Red Sea crisis
  - Yemen's internationally-recognized government reports that the abandoned ship Rubymar that was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile has sunk. (Reuters) (Nederlands Dagblad)
  - Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Odesa
  - Eight people, including two children, are killed and eight others are injured in a Russian drone strike on an apartment block in Odesa, Ukraine. (Ukrinform)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Pakistan floods
- Twenty-two people are killed and 25 others are injured across Pakistan by heavy snow and rainfall. (Dawn)
Three people are killed after a Van's RV-10 crashes near Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil. (Aviation Safety Network)
More than 30 people are injured after a bus lost control and overturned in Tamil Nadu, India. (The Indian Express)

Law and crime

Two people were killed and four others are injured after a fight escalated into a shooting at an apartment complex frequented by University of North Carolina at Pembroke students. A teenage student was among the dead. (WBTW)
Northumberland National Park announces that the Sycamore Gap tree which was illegally felled last September is to go on public display. (BBC News)

Politics and elections