Current events: 2024-04-01

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  • 2024 Iranian consulate airstrike in Damascus
    • An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, kills eight members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Iranian brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi. (Reuters) (SOHR)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches three drones at Eilat, Israel, damaging a building. No injuries are reported. (The Times of Israel)
  • Five volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including British, Polish, Australian, and Irish nationals, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah. (The Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• Authorities in Amur Oblast, Russia, end the rescue operations for 13 workers who were trapped in a deep gold mine since March 18, and declare the workers dead. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• The Israeli government says that it will ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting in its territory. (BBC News)

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