Also today in the Middle East Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes

killed at least two dozen people across Gaza and Khan Yunus a boy mourned his

father who was one of at least seven people killed there.

15 others were injured including women and children.

Meantime world leaders at the UN General Assembly blasted Israel

for its military operation in Gaza,

the Amir of Qatar, a leading party and ceasefire talks,

called Israel's actions, a crime of genocide.

The King of Jordan said the scale of death and destruction is beyond

justification. So is it any wonder that many are questioning how can this

war not be perceived as deliberately targeting the

Palestinians? The level of civilian suffering cannot be written off as unavoidable collateral.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the assembly later this week.

At least two people have died after what was Hurricane John slammed into Mexico's southern

Pacific coast overnight. It rapidly strengthened into a category 3 storm making landfall with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour.

It's since been downgraded to a tropical storm.

John is expected to hover over Mexico through the end of the week,

bringing torrential downpours, flooding and landslides.

Meantime, Tropical Storm Helene is gaining strength in the Caribbean.

It's expected to make its way north, hitting Florida as a hurricane.

As soon as Thursday, Residents there have been filling

sandbags to brace against potential flooding. Florida's governor has declared a

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