Israel pummels Gaza and Lebanon, killing dozens

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has launched waves of deadly airstrikes across Lebanon and Gaza, killing at least 24 people in Lebanon’s northeast. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported the death toll in the northeast from Friday’s strikes. Palestinians, meanwhile, recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of Israeli attacks on central Gaza that began Thursday. That’s according to hospital officials. Israel has stepped up airstrikes against Hezbollah in the northeast this week, and in Gaza, where it has targeted Hamas infrastructure near the Nuseirat refugee camp. the attacks come despite growing pressure from the United States and others in the international community for a cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.

Death toll from Spanish floods climbs to 205

CHIVA, Spain (AP) — Three days after historic flash floods swept through several towns in southern Valencia, in eastern Spain, the initial shock is giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity. Many streets are still blocked by piled-up vehicles and debris, in some cases trapping residents in their homes. Some places still don’t have electricity, running water, or stable telephone connections. At least 205 people have died — 202 in Valencia, two in neighboring Castilla La Mancha and one more in Andalusia in the south. Members of the security forces and soldiers are searching for an unknown number of missing people, many feared to still be trapped in wrecked vehicles or flooded garages.

Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 13

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 13 people. The concrete roof at the entrance to the station in the city of Novi Sad came down on Friday morning. That’s according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic who says three other people have been hospitalized with serious injuries. Surveillance camera footage showed people moving in and out of the building and sitting on benches before the concrete structure suddenly collapsed on them. The building was recently renovated.

‘Amateurish’ thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more at Dutch gallery

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stolen two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The gallery owner said Friday that they left two more Warhol works badly damaged in the street as they fled. Mark Peet Visser says the thieves attempted to steal all four works from a 1985 Warhol series called “Reigning Queens,” which features portraits of the then-queens of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark and Swaziland, a small landlocked kingdom in southern Africa which is now called Eswatini. Visser says the heist early Friday at MPV Gallery in the town of Oisterwijk was captured on security cameras, and called it “amateurish.”