May 9, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
- The Israeli Air Force begins "Operation Shield and Arrow", launching multiple airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and killing three senior Islamic Jihad Movement leaders and at least ten civilians, including four children. (The Jerusalem Post) (Reuters)
- Two Palestinians are killed in an Israeli air attack on a car in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Gaza–Israel clashes
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- French journalist Arman Soldin is killed by a Russian rocket strike in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, while working for Agence France-Presse. (Le Monde)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2023 Djerba shooting
- Five people are killed and nine more injured during a mass shooting at the El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. The perpetrator is shot dead. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Canada–China relations
- The Government of Canada expels Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei following allegations that Zhao targeted Canadian politician Michael Chong. China has denied the allegations and stated that the action would undermine bilateral relations. (CNN)
- China expels Canadian diplomat Jennifer Lynn Lalonde in a tit-for-tat decision following the expulsion of Zhao Wei. (ABC News)
- France–Russia relations
- France's National Assembly votes unanimously to designate Russian paramilitary group PMC Wagner as a terrorist organization. (Politico)
Law and crime
- First arrest of Imran Khan, 2023 Imran Khan arrest protests
- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is arrested on alleged corruption charges during a court appearance in Islamabad. (Al Jazeera)
- Nationwide protests occur in Pakistan following Imran Khan's arrest, with eight people being killed. (BBC News)
- E. Jean Carroll vs. Donald J. Trump
- A nine-member jury in Manhattan federal court finds former U.S. President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s, and also finds him liable for defaming her. Trump is ordered to pay Carroll $5 million. (Reuters)