Israelis vote in first national election since October 7 attack
Summary
Israelis voted on Tuesday, October 27, in the first national election since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. Africanews reported that the campaign was deeply divisive, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership, national security and the country's future at the centre of the vote. France 24 reported that turnout had reached 16.7% four hours after polls opened, and that voters were delivering a verdict on Netanyahu and the country's rightward drift. It also reported that Netanyahu cast his ballot and that some voters voiced opposition to him outside polling stations. France 24's live page headline reported that the result is a deadlock, with neither Netanyahu nor rival Eisenkot short of a majority.
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Africanews
Source ↗Africanews reports that Israelis would vote on Tuesday in the country's first national election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with Netanyahu's leadership, national security and the country's future at the centre of a deeply divisive campaign.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reports that voter turnout reached 16.7% four hours after polls opened in the first Israeli election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with voters delivering their verdict on Netanyahu and the country's rightward drift.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reports that Israelis were voting in a pivotal election on Tuesday, October 27, as the country wrestles with unresolved wars and is deeply divided over the character of the state and who should lead it.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reports that Netanyahu cast his vote on Tuesday, October 27, in Israel's general election, and that some voters voiced opposition to him outside polling stations.
France 24
Source ↗France 24's live page headline reports that the election has left Israel in deadlock, with Netanyahu and rival Eisenkot short of a majority.
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