Portal:Current events/2018 October 17

October 17, 2018 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza–Israel conflict
- Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launch two rockets at Israel, one landing in the southern city of Beersheba, causing serious damage to a house but no injuries, and the other landing in the sea. (The Times of Israel)
- In response to rocket fire, Israeli Air Force jets attack targets in Gaza including a tunnel crossing into Israel, tunnel digging sites, a factory storing components used for tunnel building and another for the manufacturing of aerial weaponry. (The Washington Post)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

2018 Atlantic hurricane season
- Over 1,000 people remain missing a week after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle. (Huffington Post)
2018 European floods, Hurricane Leslie
- The death toll of the heavy floods in France rises to 14, while another person is missing. (Le Soir)

Law and crime

Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
- A double bombing-mass shooting attack leaves 20 dead in a college in Kerch, Crimea. An 18-year-old student carried out the gun and bomb attack and then committed suicide. The attacker "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed "revenge" on his teacher. (BBC)
Cannabis in Canada
- Canada becomes the first G20 nation to fully legalise cannabis. (Yahoo! Canada)
Macedonia naming dispute
- Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigns after discussion with the Greek Defence Minister in the framework of the Greece-Macedonia Accord. (Ekathimerini)
2016 German terror plot
- German media uncover a large ISIL terrorism plot which had been foiled in 2016. (Süddeutsche Zeitung)