Portal:Current events/2024 September 29

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike
      • United States senator Mark Kelly confirms that it was U.S. produced and provided 2,000-pound bunker buster BLU-109 bombs that were used by Israel to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. (Reuters)
    • A total of 105 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, including 32 in Ain El Delb and 21 in Baalbek-Hermel, and at least 359 people are injured. (Al Jazeera)
    • Hezbollah confirms that Nabil Qaouk, the group's senior official, and Ali Karaki, a senior commander, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Dahieh, Lebanon. (AP) (Al Arabiya)
• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • 29 September 2024 Israeli attacks on Yemen
      • Following the Houthis' launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben Gurion Airport prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes against seaports and power stations operated by the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen, killing four people and injuring 29 others. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
• Syrian civil war
  • Twelve pro-Iranian militiamen are killed in airstrikes of unknown origin in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Helene
    • The death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to at least 116 people, including 46 in North Carolina, 27 in South Carolina, 25 in Georgia, and 13 in Florida. (CBS News)
• 2024 Conyers Biolab fire
  • Approximately 17,000 people are ordered to evacuate their homes and more are ordered to shelter in place after a fire, potentially causing hazardous chlorine contamination, occurs at a BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, United States. (CNN)
• Seven people are killed and 85 others are injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a private vehicle in Majayjay, Laguna, Philippines. (Manila Bulletin)

Law and crime

• Thirty-one people are injured in a double arson and vehicle-ramming attack in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The perpetrator, a 41-year-old Syrian national, is arrested shortly after the attacks. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • Austrians vote for the 183 members of the 26th National Council. (Reuters)
  • The far-right Freedom Party of Austria wins the most seats with 58 but falls short of a majority, with other parties expressing an unwillingness to form a coalition government with them. (BBC)