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**[[Hezbollah]] launches a barrage of [[rockets]] at an IDF [[Haifa]] base in [[northern Israel]] in retaliation for the [[assassination of Ibrahim Aqil]]. An Israeli civilian is lightly injured by [[Iron Dome]] interception. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hezbollah-targets-base-near-haifa-after-israeli-strike-in-beirut-killed-37-including-top-commander-1.7047069 (CTV News)] [https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbollah-rocket-attack-mideast-tensions-0584727974096d98d1b5b132dfd1d218 (AP News)] |
**[[Hezbollah]] launches a barrage of [[rockets]] at an IDF [[Haifa]] base in [[northern Israel]] in retaliation for the [[assassination of Ibrahim Aqil]]. An Israeli civilian is lightly injured by [[Iron Dome]] interception. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hezbollah-targets-base-near-haifa-after-israeli-strike-in-beirut-killed-37-including-top-commander-1.7047069 (CTV News)] [https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbollah-rocket-attack-mideast-tensions-0584727974096d98d1b5b132dfd1d218 (AP News)] |
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**[[Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil|Israeli assassination airstrikes of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe]] |
**[[Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil|Israeli assassination airstrikes of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe]] |
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***The death toll from the Israeli assassination airstrikes in two days ago in [[Dahieh]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon, increases to 45 people. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/21/death-toll-from-israeli-strike-on-beirut-suburb-rises-to-31 (Al Jazeera)] |
***The death toll from the Israeli assassination airstrikes in two days ago in [[Dahieh]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon, increases to at least 45 people. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/21/death-toll-from-israeli-strike-on-beirut-suburb-rises-to-31 (Al Jazeera)] |
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**[[2024 Lebanon pager explosions]] |
**[[2024 Lebanon pager explosions]] |
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***The death toll from the pager explosions targeting Hezbollah members increases to 42, while the injuries increase to over 3,500 [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/we-are-isolated-tired-scared-pager-attack-leaves-lebanon-in-shock (The Guardian)] |
***The death toll from the pager explosions targeting Hezbollah members increases to 42, while the injuries increase to over 3,500 [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/we-are-isolated-tired-scared-pager-attack-leaves-lebanon-in-shock (The Guardian)] |
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Revision as of 16:26, 22 September 2024
September 22, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah launches a barrage of rockets at an IDF Haifa base in northern Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Ibrahim Aqil. An Israeli civilian is lightly injured by Iron Dome interception. (CTV News) (AP News)
- Israeli assassination airstrikes of Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe
- The death toll from the Israeli assassination airstrikes in two days ago in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, increases to at least 45 people. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Lebanon pager explosions
- The death toll from the pager explosions targeting Hezbollah members increases to 42, while the injuries increase to over 3,500 (The Guardian)
- Mexican drug war
- The toll from the shootouts since September 9 between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico, increases to 70 people killed and 51 missing. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- A police officer killed and four injured of a multinational diplomatic convoy in an IED attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Israel
- 2024 Al Jazeera Arabic Ramallah newsroom office shutdown
- Israeli forces carry out a siege and order the shut down the offices of Al Jazeera Arabic in Ramallah, Israeli-occupied West Bank. (AP)
- 2024 Al Jazeera Arabic Ramallah newsroom office shutdown
Politics and elections
- 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
- For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, election officials began a second round of vote counting. In the first round, National People's Power candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led with 42.31% of the vote counted, while Opposition Leader and United People's Power candidate Sajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe comes in third place with 17% of the vote. (AP)
- Following the counting of second and third preferences, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is declared president-elect by the election commission. (BBC)
Sports
- 2024 Chicago White Sox season, Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records
- The Chicago White Sox earn their 119th loss of the 2024 MLB season, tying the American League loss record set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers while now being one loss away from tying the post-1900 MLB loss record of the expansion 1962 New York Mets. (AP)