viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead, a u.s. official says israel was responsible for the strike in lebanon that killed a senior hamas leader. donald trump appeals the decision to remove him from maine s presidential primary ballot, accusing the state s top election official of bias. and investigators begin their search into what caused that fiery runway collision in japan. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joinings us. a top hamas leader has been assassinated, and a u.s. official told cnn that israel carried out the hit. senior hamas leader saleh al arouri was killed in the suburbs of lebanon on tuesday. lebanese media report the strike targeted an office belonging to hamas, and several others were also killed, including leaders from the hamas military wing. earlier, an israeli government spokesperson issued this statement about the incident. israel has not taken
when the reform was introduced last year, massive crowds regularly took to the streets to decry prime minister netanyahu s plans, which they saw as a serious threat to the country s democracy. israel, which has no written constitution, the supreme court serves as one of the only checks on the executive and legislative branches of government. in an interview with cnn in july, netanyahu rejected the notion the overhaul posed a threat to democracy, but declined to say whether he would abide by supreme court ruling that went against him. we ll go into uncharted territory. i really would like to believe that they won t do that. and the reason is that first of all, we re all subject to the rule of law. the prime minister is subject to the rule of law. the knesset, our parliament is subject to the rule of law. the judges are subject to the law. everybody is subject to the law. reporter: the court s decision marks a major loss for a prime minister still facing a corruption trial and outrag
this war began on october 7th? can you explain that to us? yes. i also ask myself the same question. i think that israel must say we targeting the hamas leaders. and we take the responsibility for hunting saleh al arouri, that he is a terrorist. he was a terrorist. he sent a terrorist attacks against israel from the west bank and gaza strip. so this is a policy of the israeli government. i can t explain it, unfortunately, but i can just say if not israel assassinated saleh al arouri, who can do it. all right. thank you so much for talking with us. i appreciate it. thank you very much. former u.s. president donald trump is asking a maine court to overturn a decision removing him from the state s 2024 primary ballot. maine s secretary of state said last week she had a legal
is coming under fire for his social media post about the supreme court s judicial overhaul ruling. zika fogel of the jewish power party said, quote, first we will destroy hamas, then we ll take care of hezbollah. and for dessert, we will sort out the supreme court. israel s interior minister responded saying there is no place for including the supreme court in the same sentence as our worst enemies. elliott gotkine has more on the court s ruling. reporter: it was a bombshell. in an 8-7 ruling, israel s supreme court struck down legislation that removed its powers to throw out government decisions on the grounds of reasonableness. they rejected the amendment because of the severe and unprecedented blow it represented to the core characteristic of israel as a democratic state. prime minister benjamin netanyahu had argued the change was required to restore the
balance of power between the executive and the court. the law was the first of a multipronged government plan to weaken the judiciary to be passed by the knesset last year. the supreme court s decision could now reopen the deep divisions in israeli society. that saw the country convulsed by months of protests and even fears of civil war. with israel now almost three months into an actual war after the hamas-led terrorist attacks on october 7th, those divisions had felt a lifetime away. indeed the justice minister, the architect of the government s judicial overhaul plans assailed the timology telephone the court s decision saying it was the opposite of the unity the country now demanded. strange as the timing of the supreme court s decision may ap appear, it had no choice. two of its justices officially retired three months ago, but had until this month to submit their final ruling.