Current events: 2023-05-12

Wikipedia Current Events · May 12, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza–Israel conflict
  - 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
    - Israel launches an airstrike against a multi-story building in Gaza City, killing two people, including a commander of Islamic Jihad. Rockets are also fired by Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, striking the West Bank near Jerusalem for the first time. The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza increases to 31 as Egypt mediates for a ceasefire between the two sides. (BBC News)
Mali War
- Moura massacre
  - A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concludes that the Malian Armed Forces and foreign fighters massacred at least 500 people in the town of Moura, Mopti Region, in March 2022. At least 58 women and girls were also raped by the military during the operation against jihadist groups. (France 24)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

A Russian Air Force helicopter crashes in Crimea, killing both pilots. (Al Arabiya)

International relations

Law and crime

Aftermath of the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School shooting and 4 May 2023 Serbia shootings
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators peacefully march in Belgrade, Serbia, protesting against President Aleksandar Vučić and blaming him for indirectly causing the two recent mass shootings in Serbia by "creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and division". (The Guardian)
A court in the Philippines dismisses the second of three drug charges against former senator Leila de Lima in connection with accusations that de Lima benefited financially from the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. (GMA News Online) (Al Jazeera)

Sports

2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- A suspension imposed in November 2022 by the International Paralympic Committee on athletes from Belarus and Russia is overturned. However, athletes will continue to be banned from world championship events. (BBC News)