Airstrikes on the Gaza Strip destroy two neighborhoods. Meanwhile, a Palestinian worker is killed and another is injured by rocket shrapnel in the Negev.
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May 13, 2023 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli soldiers storm a refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank, killing two people and injuring three others.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman Dawoud Shehab announces that the group accepted a ceasefire agreement mediated by Egypt, while the IDF says they will tentatively support it.
Two Russian Mi-8 helicopters and two fighter jets, an Su-34 and an Su-35, are reportedly shot down in Bryansk Oblast.
Arts and culture
Loreen, representing Sweden, wins the Grand Final in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with the song "Tattoo". It is Sweden's 7th win, and Loreen's 2nd, making her the first woman to win the contest more than once.
International relations
South Africa says that it maintains a neutral and non-aligned stance in regards to the Russo-Ukrainian War after U.S. ambassador Reuben Brigety accused South Africa of loading a sanctioned Russian ship with weapons in December 2022, causing a diplomatic crisis between the United States and South Africa.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Pope Francis during a private audience in the Vatican.
Politics and elections
Moetai Brotherson of the pro-independence TÄvini HuiraŹ»atira party is elected President of French Polynesia by the Assembly.
Mauritanians head to the polls to elect the 176 members of the National Assembly.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is reportedly hospitalised at the Presidential Clinic in Drazdy, amidst non-attendance at public appearances and apparent ill health during the 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
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