JOHN YANG: Good evening.
I'm John Yang.
Israel conducted military operations on two fronts today, Gaza and Lebanon.
In Lebanon, an airstrike in a Beirut suburb killed at least 37 people, including three children.
Hezbollah also confirmed the death of another senior military official and 16 other members Across southern Lebanon, Israel said it struck about 180 Hezbollah targets, including rocket launchers, after signs the group was about to fire more rockets and drones into Israel.
In Gaza, 22 people were killed on an airstrike on Gaza City.
Israel says they were targeting a Hamas command center.
The Gaza health ministry says the strike hit a school turned shelter and killed mostly women and children.
FERIAL DALOUL, Displaced Palestinian (through translator): A missile, a missile from the plane hit us and another missile, we saw the whole world covered with smoke and stones, and we saw people and children cut up and a person without a head, all of which were scenes that broke our hearts.
What should we do?
What is our fault for this to happen to us?
JOHN YANG: The health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters.
Reports that at least 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since fighting began on October 7.
In central Ukraine, a Russian missile strike killed three people.
The Regional Governor said the victims were a one year old boy and two elderly women.
Ukrainian forces aren't backing down, even as they prepare for the third winter of the conflict.
More than 100 of their drones hit an ammunition depot in southwestern Russia, triggering evacuations in the area.
Vice President Harris says she's accepted CNN invitation for a second debate with Donald Trump on October 23 saying on social media that she hopes the former president will join her, but at a rally today in North Carolina, Trump said it was too late for another debate because voters are already casting ballots.
DONALD TRUMP, Former U.S. President: Now, she wants to do a debate right before the election with CNN, because she's losing badly.
You know, it's like a fighter.
She sees the poll, she sees what's happening.
She's losing badly, but it's like a fighter who goes into the ring and gets knocked out.
The first thing he says is, I want a rematch.
I want to rematch.
JOHN YANG: New filings show the Harris campaign raised $257 million in August, compared with the Trump campaign's 85 million that month.
And in Munich, today was the beginning of Oktoberfest, considered to be the world's largest Folk Festival.
The official opening was heralded by the city's mayor tapping the first keg.
Thousands of people had lined up before dawn to claim tables inside big tents where pretzels and beer were served.
Oktoberfest dates back to an 1810 celebration of a royal wedding.
Still to come on PBS News Weekend, a progress report on the inflation Reduction Act Two years on and how Glacier National Park is navigating a flood of visitors.
