Portal:Current events/2023 December 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Seven Israeli troops are killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of IDF personnel killed in action to 104. (Haaretz)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • An Israeli artillery strike kills the mayor of Taybeh, Marjeyoun District, Lebanon. (Reuters)
  • International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
    • Egypt and Mauritania invoke United Nations Resolution 377 for the UN General Assembly to discuss an immediate humanitarian ceasefire at an emergency session in New York City, in response to the United States vetoing a UN resolution with a similar objective. (Al Jazeera)
• Mali War
  • MINUSMA officially departs Mali after ten years of peacekeeping in the country. The two remaining MINUSMA bases in Gao and Timbuktu are expected to end operations before MINUSMA's mandate expires on December 31. (Al Jazeera)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military junta hold talks with three rebel groups, facilitated by China, amid an ongoing rebel offensive. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Representatives of Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán meet with United States Republicans in Washington to discuss ending EU and US military support to Ukraine. (WION)
    • The United Kingdom announces that it will donate two Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunters to Ukraine. Doubts are raised over the logistics and timing of their arrival, with Turkey controlling access to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus. (BBC News)
  • United States Senator JD Vance says that Ukraine should be willing to give up part of its territory to end the war. Vance and other Republicans have opposed the aid package proposed in the United States Congress for Ukraine. (The Guardian)
• Yemeni civil war
  • M/T Strinda, a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker, is hit by at least one missile launched from Yemen, with the vessel reportedly in flames in the Red Sea. The USS Mason is responding to a distress call from the ship, according to U.S. officials. (The Drive)

International relations

• War in Sudan
  • The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs declares fifteen Emirati diplomats personae non gratae over the UAE's support of the Rapid Support Forces. (Dabanga Sudan)

Law and crime

• Two people are killed and another is injured in a shooting in Sion, Switzerland. Swiss police say that the suspect is in custody. (AP)
• Four people are killed and another is injured in a shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)