Portal:Current events/2023 May 11

May 11, 2023 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza–Israel conflict
  - 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
    - An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip kills two commanders of Islamic Jihad. Additionally, the total death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza over the past two days increases to 26. A rocket is also launched from Gaza to Rehovot, killing one person and injuring five others. (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Bakhmut
  - Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin confirms that Ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast from his forces. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  - The United Kingdom's Defence Ministry confirms that it has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles. (BBC News)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Thirty-three people are killed and three more injured after gunmen open fire against vegetable farmers in Boucle du Mouhoun Region. (VOA)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-four people are injured when a temporary pedestrian bridge collapses in Espoo, Finland. (AP) (Yle)

Health and environment

Law and crime

2023 Mercedes-Benz factory shooting
- Two people are killed in a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (AP)
2023 Ratingen explosion
- Twelve people are injured in an explosion at an apartment complex in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A 57-year-old man is arrested. (AP)

Politics and elections

2023 Turkish presidential election
- Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem İnce withdraws three days before the election. (BBC News)

Science and technology