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Israelis vote in pivotal election as Netanyahu faces tight race with Eisenkot
Israelis are voting in their first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a close race against former military chief Gadi Eisenkot.
Israelis are voting on Tuesday in what many view as one of the country's most pivotal elections, the first since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader at 77, faces a near neck-and-neck race with Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief heading the opposition's so-called 'change bloc'. With around 7.3 million eligible voters, polling suggests neither Netanyahu's coalition nor Eisenkot's bloc will secure the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, likely leading to weeks or months of coalition negotiations. The election has become a referendum on Netanyahu's leadership and the government's handling of the October 7 attacks, with 68 per cent of Jewish Israelis citing the attacks as central to their voting decision.
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