Gaza's Fate: Palestinians Fear the Worst as Israel Votes
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As Israel prepares to go to the polls, Palestinians in Gaza are bracing for an outcome that could shape their future. They know their fate rests with the country that has reduced much of the territory to rubble and killed nearly 75,000 people.
Gaza has been largely absent from the election campaign. Nearly a million displaced Palestinians face dire sanitary conditions, water shortages and the constant threat of Israeli strikes.
The humanitarian catastrophe has been largely ignored as rivals Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu vow to end Hamas rule.