# ‘Anti-Netanyahu?’ Meet his main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot

https://mins.news/en/video/116348

- DW News, 2026-10-26 18:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAN5fTZGoU

> Former army chief Gadi Eisenkot has become Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest challenger ahead of Israel’s October 27 election. It is the country’s first election since the October 7, 2023 terror attacks. The report asks who Eisenkot is and what he is offering voters.

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