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Up First briefing: Top Hamas leader killed in Lebanon; Harvard president resigns

A senior Hamas leader is killed in an explosion in Beirut. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns.
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A senior Hamas leader has been killed in an explosion in Saleh al-Arouri was a founder of Hamas's military wing and a deputy chief of its political bureau. Hamas for the blast. Israel has not claimed responsibility.

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