Portal:Current events/2023 April 9
Appearance
April 9, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes on Syrian territory after several rockets were launched from the Golan Heights towards Israeli territory. (The Guardian)
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- A Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia destroys a residential building and damages dozens of others, leaving two civilians dead and another injured. Russian attacks are also reported in Orikhiv, Huliaipole as well as 15 other settlements. (Reuters) (Anadolu Agency)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are injured and as many as ten people are thought to be missing after a gas explosion causes two buildings to collapse in Marseille, France. (Reuters)
- At least four people are killed and many others are injured by an avalanche near Mount Blanc, in the French Alps. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Estonian parliamentary election
- Three parties, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, have agreed to a new government coalition, five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Estonia.