# What to know about Israel’s election as Netanyahu faces a battle for survival

https://mins.news/en/item/115686

- NBC News, 2026-10-26 11:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israel-election-netanyahu-eisenkot-oct-7-west-bank-likud-trump-rcna604972

> After three years marked by war, crisis and global outcry, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces one of the most consequential electoral tests of his decades-long political career.

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