Portal:Current events/2024 April 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel
      • Iran and its proxies launch between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen. (ABC News)
      • U.S. naval ships mobilize to the Middle East to protect Israel against incoming missiles. (The Wall Street Journal) (News.com.au)
    • Iranian seizure of the MSC Aries
      • Iran seizes the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Zodiac Maritime which is chaired by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. (Reuters) (Firstpost)
    • Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
      • The Netherlands announces that their embassy in Tehran will close on Sunday. (Al Arabiya)
• Killing of Benjamin Achimeir
  • Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in the West Bank after missing Jewish teenager Benjamin Achimeir is found dead. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Gunmen abduct and kill nine people from a bus in Nushki District, Balochistan, Pakistan. All victims, whose bodies were found under a bridge, appear to have been shot at close range. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the village of Pervomaiske near Donetsk has been captured by Russian troops. (Barron's)
• War in Sudan
  • An offensive by the Rapid Support Forces begins in El Fasher. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• Eighteen people are killed, two are injured and some are missing after landslides hit South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (The Star)

Law and crime

• 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings
  • Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. (The Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Cook by-election
  • Simon Kennedy of the Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of Cook, succeeding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (ABC News Australia)