Portal:Current events/2023 September 23
September 23, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- 2023 Beledweyne bombing
- At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (Xinhua)
- 2023 Beledweyne bombing
- Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- UNIFIL intervenes to prevent a confrontation between the Lebanese Army and the Israeli Army near the Shebaa Farms. (The Jerusalem Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, United States. (CNN)
- At least 35 people are killed and 12 are seriously injured by an explosion at an illegal fuel depot in Sèmè-Kpodji, Ouémé Department, Benin. (Al Jazeera)