Portal:Current events/2023 April 9
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 toward the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights. (The Guardian)
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia destroys a residential building and damages dozens of other buildings, killing two civilians and injuring another. Russian attacks are also reported in other settlements, including Orikhiv and Huliaipole. (Reuters) (Anadolu Agency)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Eight people are killed after a land mine planted by Islamic State members explodes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a computer-animated adventure film based on the Mario franchise, earns $377 million during its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing opening weekend of an animated film. (Variety)
Disasters and accidents
- Marseille building collapse
- Four people are killed and five more injured after a gas explosion causes two buildings to collapse in Marseille, France. (BBC News)
- Six people are killed and another is injured in 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, agree to a new government coalition, five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Estonia. (AP)