# Israel election: Israelis vote for first time since October 7 terror attack

https://mins.news/en/item/116869

- DW, 2026-10-27 05:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/israel-election-israelis-vote-for-1st-time-since-october-7-terror-attack/live-79713839?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Israelis are voting in the first general election since Hamas’s deadly October 7, 2023, attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to remain in power, with polls showing his bloc neck and neck with the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot; Arab parties are projected to play kingmakers.

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