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Hamas confirmed that Saleh al-Arouri, the group’s top deputy, had been killed in the explosion, along with two leaders of the group’s armed wing. Two U.S. officials said Israel was responsible for the strike.

Israel’s Supreme Court struck down the Netanyahu government’s move to limit the justices’ powers. Israeli leaders emphasized national unity, indicating that they may not challenge the ruling, at least until the war with Hamas is over, analysts said.

The Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, rejected a law pushed by Netanyahu allies that limited its authority to review government decisions.

Analysts say the announcement could signal a shift to the more limited and targeted war against Hamas that the United States has been urging.

An “integrated care center” brings doctors, physiotherapists, social workers and pharmacists under one roof. It won’t solve Britain’s underlying social care crisis — but it could help.

Gleefully vulgar, the genre known as “Cinepanettone” once dominated Italy over the holidays. Italian revelers recently flocked to the alpine town where many of the films were set.

In Chile’s oldest and most overcrowded prison, the inmates have found solace in the hundreds of stray cats.

Israel struck central and southern Gaza again as its military pressed deeper into the enclave.

In the latest disclosure on the shooting by Israeli soldiers of three hostages, the military said 15 minutes elapsed between the killing of the first two and the third.

The bodies of Judih Weinstein Haggai and her husband, Gadi Haggai, are still held by Hamas, their family said.