# LIVE: Israel’s president speaks as voting begins

https://mins.news/en/video/116963

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-27 07:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzVLqJhsgRs

> Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks from the Central Elections Committee offices as voting gets underway in the country’s first national election since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack triggered three years of war.

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