Portal:Current events/2024 June 17

June 17, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
  - Two congressional Democrats agree to sign a $18 billion weapon package for Israel including 50 F-15 Eagle fighter jets after initially delaying proceedings, following heavy pressure from the Biden Administration. (Reuters)
- Eight Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza. (Reuters)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is allegedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Selaa, Lebanon, with further strikes occurring against Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon. (Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Russian botulism outbreak
- At least 139 people suffer from botulism in Russia believed to be caused by eating ready-made salads, leading to a nationwide recall of the salads. (AP)
2024 West Bengal train collision
- Eleven people are killed and sixty others are injured when a cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. (Al Jazeera)
At least ten people are killed after two boats carrying migrants shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy, with 64 additional people reported missing. (AP)
Egypt's Tourism Hajj Mission announces that at least eight Egyptian pilgrims have died during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (Ahram)
Seven people are killed amid heavy rains across El Salvador. (AP)
Six people, including three children, are killed in a house fire in Newnan, Georgia, United States, and five others are hospitalized. (ABC News)
A person is killed and eight others are injured during an ammunition explosion at a military training area in Libavá, Czech Republic. (AP)

International relations

Belgium–France relations
- France and Belgium announce they are strengthening their cooperation in land defence. (Reuters)
Germany–Poland relations
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk orders Germany to explain a recorded incident where German police appear to desert a migrant family in Osinów Dolny, Poland, just east of the Germany–Poland border. (Barron's)
North Korea–Russia relations
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he will visit North Korea this week, the first state visit by a Russian President in 24 years. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Cannabis in Maryland
- In the United States, Maryland Governor Wes Moore pardons more than 175,000 people with low-level marijuana convictions. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Sports