News Wrap: Israeli attacks kill dozens of people in Gaza and Lebanon

In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 Palestinians across Gaza amid Israel’s renewed offensive against Hamas, the U.S. State Department said an Iranian-American journalist is believed to have been detained in Iran for several months, angry crowds pelted Spain’s king with mud over the government’s response to deadly floods, and severe storms hit Oklahoma overnight.
John Yang:
Israel said today it had seized a Syrian citizen during a ground operation there. The announcement didn’t say when it took place and said the man was an Iranian operative gathering intelligence on Israeli troops in the Golan Heights.
Across Gaza today, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 Palestinians. It’s part of a month long offensive that Israel says is aimed at preventing Hamas militants from regrouping. Palestinians call it ethnic cleansing.
An attack on Khan Younis in the south killed eight people, including four children. Meanwhile, in Israel’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, airstrikes on Sidon left only the shell of an apartment building. In the last 24 hours, 18 people have been killed.
In Iran today, large rallies commemorated the 45th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. That was the beginning of the 444 day hostage crisis. People burned U,S, and Israeli flags, and the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards told the crowds that the United States and Israel were behaving like collapsing regimes.
It came as the State Department acknowledged that an Iranian American journalist is believed to have been detained in Iran for several months until 2022. Reza Valizadeh worked for Radio Farda, which is part of the U.S. government’s agency for Global Media.
In Spain, rage over the government’s response to last week’s devastating floods and mudslides led to some literal mudslinging. Angry crowds pelted Spanish King Felipe VI with mud and shouted get out and killers. The official death toll stands at 217, with many more still unaccounted for.
And a string of late season severe storms and tornadoes tore through the Oklahoma City area overnight. The storms ripped the roofs off homes, flipped cars and brought down power lines, leaving close to 100,000 homes and businesses without electricity. At least six people were injured.
Still to come on PBS News, what happened to abortion and infant mortality rates after Roe and the spiritual connection between evangelical Christians and Donald Trump?