Portal:Current events/2024 June 6
June 6, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 40 Palestinians, including 14 children, are reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations school that was sheltering refugees in central Gaza. (Reuters) (NPR) (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli occupation of the West Bank
- Three Palestinians are killed and several others are injured during an Israel Defense Forces raid on Jenin, West Bank. (Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claim to have launched two joint military attacks against ships at the Port of Haifa in Israel. Israel denies the claims. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster
- One person is killed and more than 100 others are injured after two trams collide in Kemerovo, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
- At least six people, including children, drown after a school bus falls into the Orontes River near the town of Darkush, Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
- At least one child is killed and thirteen people are injured in tornadoes across U.S. states of Michigan, Maryland, and Ohio. (AP)
International relations
- France–Russia relations
- A French citizen is detained in Moscow, Russia, under suspicion of collecting military information. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 European Parliament election
- Elections to the European Parliament begin and will continue until June 9, with the Netherlands and Estonia voting today. (Al Jazeera) (NOS)
- Palestine–United States relations
- The Biden administration imposes sanctions on the Lions' Den militant group based in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, for attacks in the West Bank dating back to October 2022. (Al Jazeera)
- South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- Spain applies to join South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide. (AP)
Science and technology
- SpaceX launches Starship's Integrated Flight Test 4, successfully guiding both the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage to soft water landings. (The New York Times)