# Israeli general emerges as one of Netanyahu’s biggest election challengers

https://mins.news/en/video/49351

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-08 08:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F0gflXWckw

> 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.

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