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The fate of Muhammad Deif, a top Hamas leader, has been unclear, and the group has not confirmed his death. Funerals for senior officials from Hamas and Hezbollah, both of whom were assassinated this week, drew thousands.

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, and about two dozen other people were freed as part of a deal whose scope has little precedent in the post-Soviet era. President Biden said “their brutal ordeal is over.”

Like Olympic cyclists, fish expend less effort when swimming in tight groups than when alone. The finding could explain why some species evolved to move in schools.

Rescue workers struggled to reach isolated villages in the state of Kerala, where torrential rains have washed away terrain. The death toll was expected to rise.

Léon Marchand, who has the potential to win medals in four individual events, bears much of the weight of France’s expectations. He is ready, he said, but added, “It does feel weird.”

The N.B.A. star LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and the tennis star Coco Gauff were chosen by their peers to lead the United States at the opening ceremony in Paris.

A waterlogged hillside above a village gave way, burying several houses in mud. Neighbors and rescue workers who had rushed to help were hit by a second slide.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake.

It was unclear if Muhammad Deif, the top Hamas military commander in Gaza, survived. Gazan authorities reported at least 90 dead and 300 wounded in a humanitarian zone.

A letter in a major medical journal has prompted a discussion about the importance, and difficulty, of tallying those killed as an indirect result of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.