Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine has reportedly been killed in an Israeli attack in the south. Plus, New Zealand reclaims haka world recordDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Hamas said on Monday the leader of its operation in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the country’s south, with Lebanon’s national news agency reporting that the bombing struck a Palestinian refugee camp.What’s happening in Israeli politics? The opposition lawmaker Gideon Saar rejoined the government on Sunday, a step that is likely to strengthen the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.What did Netanyahu tell the UN? On Friday he shrugged off global appeals for a ceasefire in a defiant speech delivered barely an hour before massive airstrikes targeting Hezbollah’s leader levelled several apartment blocks in Beirut.Follow our live blog here. Today Israel has launched an apparent rare strike on central Beirut. If confirmed it would be the first attack by Israel on the centre of the Lebanese capital since 2006.What is Amendment 4? A referendum, held on 5 November, on whether to protect the right to abortion. Passage of Amendment 4 would change the state constitution to prohibit government interference with the right to an abortion before the “viability” of a fetus, which typically begins at about the 24th week of a pregnancy. Continue reading...