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CAIRO, May 17 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said.

Funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, in Gaza City

Israel has stepped up attacks in Gaza ‌in the weeks since halting its joint bombing with the U.S. in Iran, ‌redirecting its fire back on the devastated Palestinian territory, where the military says Hamas fighters are tightening their ​grip.

Medics said an Israeli strike killed one Palestinian near a police post in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. The Israeli military said it killed a militant who posed an immediate threat to forces operating in the area.

Separately, Gaza medics said another Israeli airstrike ‌killed at least three people at ⁠a community kitchen near Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza area. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on that ⁠incident.

On Saturday, the Israeli military said that Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas' armed wing in the Gaza Strip, was killed in what it described as a precise strike on Gaza City ​on ​Friday.

Hamas confirmed Haddad's death but stopped short of ​threatening revenge.

HAMAS COMMANDER KILLED IN CAR

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Later ‌on Sunday, the Israeli military said it had also killed Bahaa Baroud, a Hamas Operations Headquarters commander, in an airstrike on Saturday, accusing him of planning multiple imminent attacks against troops and Israeli civilians, particularly in recent weeks.

The military said Baroud posed an immediate threat and was targeted in a precise strike, adding that measures were taken beforehand to reduce civilian ‌harm, including the use of precision munitions and ​aerial surveillance.

Gaza health officials said Baroud, along with another ​person, was killed in an Israeli airstrike ​that targeted their car in Gaza City.

Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked ‌in indirect talks to advance U.S. President ​Donald Trump's post-war plan ​for Gaza that is meant to end more than two years of fighting.

Some 870 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the October ceasefire, according to figures ​that do not distinguish between ‌combatants and civilians. Four Israeli soldiers were killed by militants during the same ​period.

Hamas does not disclose figures for casualties among its fighters.

(Reporting by Nidal ​al-Mughrabi; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Alex Richardson)

Adam Driver broke his silence on Lena Dunham's memoir when he was asked about it at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

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• The actor said he had "no comment"

• The pair starred together in HBO's Girls from 2012 to 2017, and Dunham wrote about their relationship in her memoir Famesick

Adam Driverhas broken his silence onLena Dunham's memoir.

The actress, 40, wrote about her complicated relationship with her formerGirlscostar in her memoirFamesick, including claims that Driver, 42, once “hurled a chair at the wall” next to her and was at times “verbally aggressive.”

When asked about the memoir at a press conference for his latest film,Paper Tiger, during the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 17, the actor said he has “no comment on any of that.”

“I'm saving it all for my book,” he added, inciting laughter from the audience, video shared byDeadlineshows.

In her memoir, Dunham opened up about facing chronic illness, makingGirls, dating and coming of age. When it came to her relationship with Driver, she wrote, "The more I knew him, the less I understood.”

While Dunham said the two have not spoken since the end of their HBO show in 2017, she remembered being “heartbroken” when she learned that Driver was engaged.

She also wrote about watching Driver navigate his way through a “very specific ride" — becoming a major movie star while also focusing onGirls.

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Speaking with PEOPLE about her memoir andher relationship with Driver, Dunham said, "He was on these two tracks, and he's a very, very serious work-focused private person. So I have a lot of empathy for that."

"And again, the goal was never to make Adam seem like he was in any way the outlier of the show, but just to talk about how complex and confusing those first experiences of trying to be a boss were," she continued.

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In reflecting on her “really rich creative dynamic" with Driver, Dunham recalled that they were able to “understand each other completely” when they were onscreen. (Driver starred inGirlsas Dunham's character's on-again, off-again boyfriend.)

But when it came to their real lives, things were different, Dunham said. "It was almost like we had two different relationships, one that kind of played out in our scenes together and one that played out in life,” she explained.

According to Dunham, her memoir was “an attempt to capture that [relationship] in an honest way, and also really talk about how much being around this very talented, charismatic, complex and powerful person affected me in ways that were really positive and in ways that were a bit harder.”

Famesickis available to purchase now, wherever books are sold.

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Call her mommy.

"Call Her Daddy" hostAlex Cooperis expecting her first child with husband Matt Kaplan.

Cooper, 31,shared the news on Instagramon Sunday, May 17, posting a pair of photos where she cradles her baby bump. "Our family 🤍," she wrote in the caption. In her Instagram Stories, Cooper said she was "honestly happy I can finally stop trying to hide the bump lol."

The podcaster has been married to Kaplan, a producer, since 2024.

Cooper has discussed wanting to have children on "Call Her Daddy," though in a vulnerable, solo episode last year, she opened up about pushing back her timeline.

In a June 2025 podcast titled "I'm Not Ready for a Baby," Cooper said she and Kaplan decided the prior summer that they would start trying for a baby and even began talking about names, planning home renovations to prepare for kids, and more. "We were just so excited and ready," she said.

But Cooper said that after she stopped taking birth control, she started to experience "extreme vertigo and dizziness," so they decided to "put a pause on getting pregnant." She then realized she didn't want to "slow down" during a busy time in her career by having a baby.

Alex Cooper calls out Alix Earle:The podcaster addresses their 'beef' in viral TikTok

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"I eventually realized I wasn't ready," she said at the time. "And even when I got to feeling healthier again, as nice as that was, it didn't make me want to rush and have a baby. Instead, it made me more anxious, because I should have felt ready, and I felt so frustrated with myself, and I felt guilty."

But Cooper said she realized she needed "time to live a little more before I enter the next, beautiful chapter of my life" by having kids, and she wanted to make sure she's "present" and "capable" when she becomes a mom. Kaplan was supportive of this, she noted, telling her that "when it is the right time, it will be the right time."

"I know he's going to be the most incredible father to our babies," Cooper added, growing emotional.

In a January interview with Jennette McCurdy, Cooper noted she "really didn't think" she wanted kids when she was in her 20s, but "something changed, and I think that's OK. I was like, 'You know what? I actually think I do.' "

Cooper launched "Call Her Daddy," which became known for its unapologetically blunt and honest conversations about sex, with her roommate and cohost Sofia Franklyn in 2018, quickly amassing a dedicated fanbase that Cooper refers to as the "Daddy Gang." The show was previously part of Barstool Sports before moving to Spotify in 2021. Franklyn left the show in 2020.

"Call Her Daddy" is now one of the biggest podcasts in the world, and it ranked as Spotify'sfourth most-popular podcastof the year in 2025. It has also turned into a hot stop for A-list guests like Kim Kardashian, Hilary Duff and evenformer Vice President Kamala Harris, who sat down with Cooper during her 2024 presidential campaign.

Cooper is also the founder of the media company Unwell, which includes a podcast network and agency.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Alex Cooper is pregnant, expecting first baby with Matt Kaplan