Portal:Current events/2024 April 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • World Central Kitchen drone strikes
    • Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish, Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches three drones at Eilat, Southern Israel, damaging a building. No injuries are reported. (The Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  • Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy 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)

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)

International relations

• North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan near South Korean territory. (AP)

Law and crime

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

Politics and elections

• Politics of San Marino
  • Milena Gasperoni and Alessandro Rossi are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino. (San Marino RTV)