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Flavien Prat celebrates after riding Sierra Leone to victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race in Del Mar, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Riders compete in the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race in Del Mar, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
New Zealand's Glenn Phillips celebrates the dismissal of India's Ravichandran Ashwin during the third day of the third cricket test match between India and New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Abdi Nageeye, of the Netherlands, poses after winning the men's division of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Max Verstappen, of Netherlands, steers his Red Bull during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, celebrates after winning the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
South African rider Brad Binder of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, top, leaps in the air after crashing with French rider Fabio Quartararo of Monster Energy Yamaha during the start of the MotoGP race in Sepang, outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs (1) is tackled by Minnesota Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy Jr., left, and safety Camryn Bynum (24) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, left, goes up for a shot as Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Memphis Grizzlies' Scotty Pippen Jr., left, and Philadelphia 76ers' KJ Martin collide during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Russia's Karen Kachanov returns to France's Ugo Humbert during the semifinal match of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, of Italy, compete in the ice dance's free dance segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Angers, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James loses the ball while driving between Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant and guard Bradley Beal (3) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Fans of Argentina's Lanus launch fireworks before the start of a Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg soccer match against Brazil's Cruzeiro at La Fortaleza Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Barcelona's Spanish player Aitana Bonmati, left, and Manchester City's Spanish player Rodri kiss their 2024 Ballon d'Or trophies during the 68th Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) award ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) catches a 4-yard touchdown pass ahead of Indianapolis Colts safety Julian Blackmon (32) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Germany's Selina Cerci scores the opening goal against Australia's goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold during the international women's friendly soccer match between Germany and Australia in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Germany's Alexander Zverev arrives to play Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas before their quarterfinal match of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
FC Cincinnati defender Chidozie Awaziem, left, and New York City FC midfielder Santiago Rodríguez, right, fight for the ball during the first half of a first-round soccer match of the MLS Cup playoffs, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Manchester City's Erling Haaland hits a rebound against the post during the English Premier League soccer match between Bournemouth and Manchester City at the Vitality stadium in Bournemouth, England, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, Bournemouth won the game 2-1. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Los Angeles Dodgers players, coaches and ownership group are paraded on buses during the baseball team's World Series championship parade Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani watches in the dugout during the first inning in Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the New York Yankees, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton is tagged out at home by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith during the fourth inning in Game 3 of the baseball World Series, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates in the locker room after their win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the baseball World Series, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac, of Canada, compete in the ice dance, rhythm dance fragment, at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Angers, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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Flavien Prat celebrates after riding Sierra Leone to victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race in Del Mar, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Riders compete in the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race in Del Mar, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
New Zealand's Glenn Phillips celebrates the dismissal of India's Ravichandran Ashwin during the third day of the third cricket test match between India and New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Abdi Nageeye, of the Netherlands, poses after winning the men's division of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Max Verstappen, of Netherlands, steers his Red Bull during the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, celebrates after winning the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
South African rider Brad Binder of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, top, leaps in the air after crashing with French rider Fabio Quartararo of Monster Energy Yamaha during the start of the MotoGP race in Sepang, outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Josh Downs (1) is tackled by Minnesota Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy Jr., left, and safety Camryn Bynum (24) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, left, goes up for a shot as Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Memphis Grizzlies' Scotty Pippen Jr., left, and Philadelphia 76ers' KJ Martin collide during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Russia's Karen Kachanov returns to France's Ugo Humbert during the semifinal match of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, of Italy, compete in the ice dance's free dance segment at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Angers, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James loses the ball while driving between Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant and guard Bradley Beal (3) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Fans of Argentina's Lanus launch fireworks before the start of a Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg soccer match against Brazil's Cruzeiro at La Fortaleza Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Barcelona's Spanish player Aitana Bonmati, left, and Manchester City's Spanish player Rodri kiss their 2024 Ballon d'Or trophies during the 68th Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) award ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) catches a 4-yard touchdown pass ahead of Indianapolis Colts safety Julian Blackmon (32) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Germany's Selina Cerci scores the opening goal against Australia's goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold during the international women's friendly soccer match between Germany and Australia in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Germany's Alexander Zverev arrives to play Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas before their quarterfinal match of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
FC Cincinnati defender Chidozie Awaziem, left, and New York City FC midfielder Santiago Rodríguez, right, fight for the ball during the first half of a first-round soccer match of the MLS Cup playoffs, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Manchester City's Erling Haaland hits a rebound against the post during the English Premier League soccer match between Bournemouth and Manchester City at the Vitality stadium in Bournemouth, England, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, Bournemouth won the game 2-1. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Los Angeles Dodgers players, coaches and ownership group are paraded on buses during the baseball team's World Series championship parade Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani watches in the dugout during the first inning in Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the New York Yankees, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New York Yankees' Giancarlo Stanton is tagged out at home by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith during the fourth inning in Game 3 of the baseball World Series, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates in the locker room after their win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the baseball World Series, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac, of Canada, compete in the ice dance, rhythm dance fragment, at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Angers, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Israeli strikes killed at least 30 people overnight in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials. Strikes early Tuesday killed 10 people in the Gaza Strip, including four children and two women, and a strike late Monday on the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya killed at least 20 people, including eight women and six children.
Israel has been waging a massive offensive in northern Gaza — which was already the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory — for nearly a month.
Despite growing pressure from the United States and others in the international community for a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon, intensified Israeli strikes against the Hezbollah militant group are expanding beyond Lebanon’s border areas. Israel is also fighting a seemingly endless war against Hamas in northern Gaza.
Since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted in 2023, at least 3,000 people have been killed and some 13,500 wounded in Lebanon, the Health Ministry reports.
More than a year of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 43,000 people, Palestinian health officials say. They do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but say more than half of those killed were women and children. The war began after Palestinian militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting 250 others.
Here’s the latest:
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children.
Hossam Abu Safiya, the director of a nearby hospital that received the casualties, said the strike late Monday hit a home in the town of Beit Lahiya where multiple families were sheltering.
The dead included eight women and six children, according to a list provided by the Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Israel has been waging a massive offensive in northern Gaza — which was already the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory — for nearly a month. It ordered the complete evacuation of Beit Lahiya, the nearby town of Beit Hanoun, and the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, and has allowed almost no humanitarian aid into the area for over a month.
Tens of thousands of people have fled to nearby Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement in the war, which began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes early Tuesday killed 10 people in the Gaza Strip, including four children and two women.
One strike hit a house in the Tufah neighborhood in Gaza City, killing two children and their parents, according to the Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service. Two other children were wounded, it said.
In the central town of Zuweida, an Israeli airstrike hit a tent where a displaced family was sheltering, killing four people, including a mother and her two children, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Balah.
Another strike hit a house in Deir al-Balah, killing two people, the hospital said.
An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the hospital morgue.
The Israeli military says it only targets militants and accuses them of hiding among civilians. It rarely comments on individual strikes, which often kill women and children.
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking another 250 hostage. Around 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, a third of whom are believed to be dead.
Israel’s offensive has killed over 43,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which says over half were women and children. It does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed three people in the occupied West Bank.
Two were killed in an airstrike early Tuesday near the northern city of Jenin, a flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian violence in recent years. A third person was shot in the village of Tamoun, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The Israeli military said it called in an airstrike on a militant cell near Jenin. There was no immediate comment on the shooting.
Israeli forces have carried out near-daily military raids in the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack out of the Gaza Strip triggered the Israel-Hamas war. The Health Ministry says at least 767 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since then. Most appear to have been militants killed in battles with Israeli forces, but the dead also include civilian bystanders and people killed during protests.
Israel says the raids are aimed at dismantling Hamas in the West Bank and preventing attacks. Palestinians have carried out dozens of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks against Israelis since the start of the war.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, and the Palestinians want it to form the main part of their future state.
Israeli army investigators arrive at the site of the early morning attack of Israeli settlers, that left at least 18 burnt vehicles, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of al-Bireh Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinians mourn over the body of Naji al-Baba,16, who the Palestinian Health Ministry said was killed by Israeli forces in the town of Halhul, West Bank, during his funeral on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians mourn over the body of Naji al-Baba,16, who the Palestinian Health Ministry said was killed by Israeli forces in the town of Halhul, West Bank, during his funeral on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Palestinians inspect vehicles that were burnt during an early morning attack by Israeli settlers, that left at least 18 burnt vehicles, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of al-Bireh Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinians inspect vehicles that were burnt during an early morning attack by Israeli settlers, that left at least 18 burnt vehicles, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of al-Bireh Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Mourners carry the body of Naji al-Baba,16, who the Palestinian Health Ministry said was killed by Israeli forces in the town of Halhul, West Bank, during his funeral on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)