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The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
2024 Kwango province malaria outbreak. The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry announces that the mystery illness that has left at least 143 people dead in Kwango is actually a severe form of malaria. The World Health Organization says more malaria vaccines are being sent to its health centres in the region. (The Guardian) Law ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine, Israeli generals' plan. The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population there at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage.
2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes. An Israeli airstrike targeting the Dar El Amal Hospital in Duris in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, kills the hospital director and six other health workers. (Anadolu Agency) 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. At least five medics are killed when Israeli airstrikes hit a multistorey building in Chyah, Beirut, Lebanon.
2024 European floods. 2024 Spain floods. The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 205, with several others still missing. Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured when a canopy collapses at the railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia.
2024 Formula One World Championship. In auto racing, McLaren wins the World Constructors' Championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, its first title since 1998. In professional baseball, the New York Mets sign Dominican outfielder Juan Soto to a $765 million, 15-year contract, the largest contract in Major League Baseball history.
2024 missile strikes in Yemen A Greek -owned bulk carrier is hit by a missile launched from Houthi -controlled territory in Yemen with minor damage reported. Separately, the United States launches more airstrikes on Houthi positions, destroying four anti-ship missiles that were being prepared for launch.
Maria Branyas, the former world's oldest known living person, dies at the age of 117 years and 168 days, making Tomiko Itooka the new current oldest living person. Disasters and accidents. Two people are killed by flooding in Oxford, Connecticut, United States.