PoliticsIsraeli general emerges as one of Netanyahu’s biggest election challengers

Eisenkot has generally backed Israeli military operations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, while accusing Netanyahu of strategic failures after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The 66-year-old spent four decades in Israel’s military and comes from a working-class family. His 25-year-old son, Gal Meir Eisenkot, was killed fighting in Gaza.