# How Netanyahu survived the political fallout from the October 7 attacks

https://mins.news/en/item/89132

- France 24, 2026-10-07 05:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261007-how-netanyahu-survived-the-political-fallout-from-the-october-7-attacks

> Three years after the Hamas-led October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to preserve his political future ahead of legislative elections later this month. Reports that Arab leaders warned him beforehand have weakened his claim that Israel’s security chiefs were responsible, yet his political base appears to be holding.

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