# Why Israel’s wartime election is about more than battles with Iran and Hamas

https://mins.news/en/video/115668

- euronews, 2026-10-26 11:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CxqYRXPhU

> Issues dividing Israeli voters include exemptions from military service for the ultra-Orthodox and a stalled inquiry into 7 October. They have little to do with Gaza, Lebanon or Iran.

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