# LIVE: Israelis break turnout records in first election since October 7 attacks

https://mins.news/en/video/117743

- Reuters, 2026-10-27 16:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DasV415cps

> Israelis are turning out in large numbers for the first election since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023. Long lines formed at polling stations as voters engaged passionately over the country's deadliest day and the wars that followed in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

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