# Israel votes in first election since Hamas attack

https://mins.news/en/video/117434

- CNA, 2026-10-27 13:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nqh7dGoQ_c

> Israel is holding its first election since Hamas’s October 7 attack three years ago. Turnout reached a record about halfway through polling day, in a contest viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule.

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