Portal:Current events/2024 February 12

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive
    • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
      • Israeli special forces conduct a raid on a building in Rafah, rescuing two Israeli-Argentinian hostages. (BBC News)
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 67 people are killed during overnight Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel–Netherlands relations
    • A Dutch appeals court orders a suspension of exports of F-35 jet parts to Israel within the next seven days over concerns that the aircraft parts are being used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law. Prime Minister Mark Rutte says that the government will appeal the suspension. (Reuters)
• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announces sanctions against four Israeli settlers for engaging in extremist violence towards Palestinians in the occupied-West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Moro conflict
  • The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirm that the alleged mastermind of the Mindanao State University bombing in Marawi, a commander of Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute Group, was among the nine militants killed in counterterrorist operations in Lanao del Sur in January. (AFP via VOA) (Manila Bulletin)
• Syrian civil war
  • Islamic State insurgents attack a military barracks near Al-Sukhnah, Syria, killing nine soldiers and seizing multiple weapons and vehicles left behind by fleeing government forces. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A major fire breaks out at the Oceana indoor water park at the Liseberg amusement park in Sweden, leaving 12 people injured and evacuating a nearby hotel and office buildings. The water park was under construction at the time of the fire and was expected to open this spring. (AP)
• Trinidad and Tobago declares a national emergency after a massive oil spill off the coast of Tobago. (CBS News)
• Two boats collide on the Congo River near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; with the death toll remains unclear. (AP)

Law and crime

• A man opens fire at a shipping company in Glyfada, Greece, killing three people, before killing himself. (AP)