Palestinian militants fire more than 260 rockets into Israel from Gaza in response to yesterday's airstrikes. Most of the rockets are intercepted by the Iron Dome.
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May 10, 2023 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
One person is killed and four others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a police station in Barzeh, Damascus, Syria.
One person is killed and 30 others injured during protests against repression across Senegal.
Israel launches an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, killing seven people, including four members of the Marxist–Leninist PFLP. In another raid, two Islamic Jihad Movement militants are killed by Israeli security forces in Qabatiya, in the West Bank.
Disasters and accidents
Four people are injured after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Ten people are killed in Lubero and six more are killed at the Rubaya mines, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo during two landslides.
One passenger is killed and ten others are injured when a metro train collides with a fallen tower crane in Taichung, Taiwan.
International relations
The Polish Committee for Standardization adopts a resolution suggesting that all government documents relating to the Russian semi-exclave Kaliningrad Oblast use the Polish name Królewiec Oblast. The name is taken from the place's Polish name from the fourteenth century. Russia objects to the change, characterizing the move as a "hostile act".
Law and crime
A court in Tver Oblast, Russia, sentences a poet to four years in prison for reciting poetry critical of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
One person is killed and nine others are injured in a mass stabbing in Tomisławice, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.
U.S. Representative George Santos is charged with 13 counts of fraud and other financial crimes and is taken into custody.
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passes a law requiring foreign lawyers working on national security cases to obtain prior approval from the Chief Executive.
Four people are killed during clashes at the Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge, on the Mexico–United States border, between police and suspected cartel members.
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