Portal:Current events/2024 April 13

April 13, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran-Israel War
- 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel
  - Iran launches 400 to 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen. (ABC)
- Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
  - The Netherlands announces that their embassy in Tehran will close on Sunday. (Al Arabiya)
  - U.S. naval ships mobilize to the Middle East to protect Israel against incoming missiles. (The Wall Street Journal) (News.com.au)
  - United States intelligence reports Iran moving drones and missiles internally ahead of a potential attack. (The Jerusalem Post)
  - Australian airline Qantas pauses its non-stop Perth-London route due to the expected Iranian attack against Israel. (The Guardian)
- Iranian seizure of the MCS Aries
  - Iran seizes the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Zodiac Maritime of Israeli Eyal Ofer. (Reuters) (Firstpost)
Death of Benjamin Achimeir
- Violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians occurs in the West Bank after missing Jewish teenager Benjamin Achimeir is found dead. (BBC)
War in Sudan (2023–present)
- An offensive by the Rapid Support Forces begins in El Fasher. (Sudan Tribune)
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)

Law and crime

2024 Bondi Junction stabbings
- Six people are killed and seven more are injured during 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