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What else you should know: ▶ICYMI: Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a key component of Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul yesterday, delivering a landmark decision that could reopen the cracks in Israeli society that were happening before the war against Hamas began. ▶An explosion in Beirut allegedly killed the top Hamas official who led their West Bank operations. If Israel was behind the attack, it could mark a major escalation in the war. (Lebanon’s state-run news agency said it was carried out by an Israeli drone, but Israeli officials declined to comment.) ▶2024 has been dubbed the biggest election year in history worldwide: there are races in 60+ countries representing half the world population. Here are the global elections Americans should know about this year.