# Israelis vote in record numbers in first national election since Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

https://mins.news/en/item/118048

- Fox News, 2026-10-27 20:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/israelis-vote-record-numbers-first-national-election-since-oct-7-hamas-massacre

> Israelis turned out in record numbers in the first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre. Preliminary exit polls put Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud first with 25 seats, but his bloc is projected to win only 50, short of the 61 generally needed to form a government. Neither major camp appears to have a clear path to a majority, setting up potentially weeks of coalition talks.

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