Kévin Cabral, Cole Bassett guide Rapids to 4-1 victory over St. Louis City

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Kévin Cabral and Cole Bassett both had a goal and an assist in the first half to spark the Colorado Rapids to a 4-1 victory over St. Louis City on Sunday night.

Cabral staked the Rapids (11-8-4) to a 1-0 lead in the 6th minute with assists from Bassett and Rafael Navarro. It was the fourth goal of the season for Cabral and the fourth assist for both Bassett and Navarro.

St. Louis City (4-8-10) pulled even six minutes later when John David Klein III took a pass from rookie defender Jayden Reid and scored the first goal of his career. Klein was making his third start and sixth appearance this season after subbing in twice and playing 22 minutes last season. Reid notched his second assist in his third appearance — all starts. He made one appearance and played one minute for the New York Red Bulls last season.

Colorado regained the lead in the 35th minute when Bassett took passes from Cabral and Omir Fernández and scored his seventh goal of the season. It was the fourth assist for both Cabral and Fernández.

Jonathan Lewis scored for the first time this season with an assist from Calvin Harris in the 81st minute — to give the Rapids a two-goal lead. Harris has three assists in his second season with the club after two years with FC Cincinnati.

Lewis notched his first assist of the campaign in the final minute of regulation on 19-year-old Darren Yapi's first career goal to complete the scoring. Yapi, who subbed in for Navarro in the 83rd minute, has made 12 starts and 53 appearances over the past three seasons with the club.

Zack Steffen finished with five saves in goal for the Rapids. Roman Bürki saved two shots for St. Louis City.

Colorado posted a 3-0 victory in St. Louis two weeks ago. Djordje Mihailovic scored all three goals for the Rapids to notch his first career hat trick. It was the fourth shutout for Steffen.

St. Louis City earned a home victory and a 1-1 draw in Colorado last season on its way to the Western Conference regular-season title its first year in the league.

St. Louis City has not won on the road this season, falling to 0-5-5.

Colorado improves to 7-2-2 at home.

St. Louis City heads home to play the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. The Rapids will host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday.

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Colorado Rapids midfielder Connor Ronan, back, passes the ball as St. Louis City midfielder John Klein defends in the first half of a soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City midfielder John Klein celebrates after scoring a goal against the Colorado Rapids in the first half of a soccer match, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City midfielder Hosei Kijima, left, battles for control of the ball with Colorado Rapids defender Sam Vines in the first half of a soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City midfielder Njabulo Blom, left, passes the ball as Colorado Rapids midfielder Oliver Larraz defends in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City defender Akil Watts, left, passes the ball as Colorado Rapids forward Kévin Cabral defends in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids midfielder Omir Fernandez, center, drives between St. Louis City midfielder Hosei Kijima, left, and defender Akil Watts in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids midfielder Oliver Larraz, center, drives past St. Louis City midfielder Chris Durkin in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City defender Akil Watts, second from left, battles for control of the ball with Colorado Rapids midfielder Omir Fernandez in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City midfielder Hosei Kijima, left, battles for the ball with Colorado Rapids defender Sam Vines in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids forward Rafael Navarro falls after missing a pass on the side of the net of St. Louis City in the first half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids midfielder Connor Ronan, front, pursues the ball with St. Louis City forward Nökkvi Þórisson in the second half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City defender Jayden Reid, left, jostles with Colorado Rapids midfielder Cole Bassett for control of the ball in the second half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids forward Kévin Cabral (91) drives between St. Louis City forward Nökkvi Þórisson (29) and midfielder Indiana Vassilev in the second half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis City forward Nökkvi Þórisson, right, pursues the ball with Colorado Rapids midfielder Oliver Larraz in the second half of a soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids forward Jonathan Lewis, right, flies after tripping over the foot of St. Louis City midfielder Indiana Vassilev in the second half of a MLS soccer match Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rapids forward Kévin Cabral celebrates after scoring a goal in the first half of a soccer match against St. Louis City, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

An Israeli airstrike hit a mosque in central Gaza and Palestinian officials said at least 19 people were killed early Sunday. Israeli planes also lit up the skyline across the southern suburbs of Beirut, striking what the military said were Hezbollah targets.

The strike in Gaza hit a mosque where displaced people were sheltering near the main hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah. Another four people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people near the town.

The Israeli military said both strikes targeted militants, without providing evidence.

An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital morgue. Hospital records showed that the dead from the strike on the mosque were all men, while another man was wounded.

In Beirut, the strikes reportedly targeted a building near a road leading to Lebanon’s only international airport and another formerly used by the Hezbollah-run broadcaster Al-Manar.

Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 others hostage. Israel declared war on the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip in response. As the Israel-Hamas war reaches the one-year mark, nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory, and just over half the dead have been women and children, according to local health officials.

Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in the latest conflict, most of them since Sept. 23, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Here is the latest:

BEIRUT — The southern suburbs of Beirut were hit by more than 30 strikes overnight, the heaviest bombardment since Sept. 23, when Israel began a significant escalation in its air campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported Sunday.

The targets included a gas station on the main highway leading to the Beirut airport and a warehouse for medical supplies, the agency said.

Some of the overnight strikes set off a long series of explosions, suggesting that ammunition stores may have been hit.

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron called for “a halt to arms exports for use in Gaza,” saying it's urgent to avoid escalating tensions in the region, his office said.

Macron drew strong criticism from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by saying "the priority is … that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza.” He made the comments in an interview with France Inter radio, which was recorded on Tuesday and aired Saturday.

France doesn’t deliver any weapons to Israel, Macron said.

Netanyahu released a video statement in which he called out the French president by name and referred to such calls as a “disgrace.”

In a statement, Macron’s office said “France is Israel’s unfailing friend. Mr. Netanyahu’s words are excessive and irrelevant to the friendship between France and Israel.”

“We must return to diplomatic solutions,” it added.

The statement also said that Macron had demonstrated his commitment to Israel's security when France mobilized its military resources in response to the Iranian attack. French authorities did not provided details about France’s role.

Macron has called for an immediate cease-fire in both Gaza and Lebanon.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An apparent Israeli airstrike early Sunday killed at least 18 people in central Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said.

The strike hit a mosque sheltering displaced people near the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah, the hospital said in a statement.

An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the hospital morgue. Hospital records showed that the dead were all men. Another two men were critically wounded, the hospital said.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment about the strike on the mosque.

The latest strikes add to the mounting Palestinian death toll in Gaza, which is now nearing 42,000 according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths, but many of the dead were women and children.

BEIRUT — Powerful new explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs late Saturday as Israel expanded its bombardment in Lebanon, also striking a Palestinian refugee camp deep in the north for the first time as it targeted both Hezbollah and Hamas fighters.

Thousands of people in Lebanon, including Palestinian refugees, continued to flee the widening conflict in the region, while rallies were held around the world marking the approaching anniversary of the start of the war in Gaza.

The strong explosions began near midnight after Israel’s military urged residents to evacuate areas in Beirut’s Haret Hreik and Choueifat neighborhoods. AP video showed the blasts illuminating the densely populated southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a strong presence. They followed a day of sporadic strikes and the nearly continuous buzz of reconnaissance drones.

Israel’s military confirmed it was striking targets near Beirut and said about 30 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory.

A man checks the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Emergency workers inspect a building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israeli soldiers pray at a staging area in northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

An Israeli soldier prays at a staging area in northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

People check the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Smoke rises from a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinian men who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)