Netanyahu’s Last Stand? Israel Votes in First Election Since October 7
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Israel holds its first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Tuesday. It is the deadliest day in the country’s history, with about 1,200 people killed, most of them civilians.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a new mandate. Since the attacks, Israel has waged a war of annihilation in Gaza, launched two inconclusive wars with Iran, and intensified a state-backed campaign of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank.