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Chaima Chihi

Palestinians vote in West Bank and central Gaza municipal elections, the first since war started

Palestinians voted in local elections on Saturday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in Gaza. This marked the first vote of any kind held in the Gaza Strip in two decades since Hamas won in 2006.

For years, elections to choose Palestinian representatives were repeatedly postponed, and no parliamentary elections have been held since 2006, when Hamas secured a surprise victory in Gaza over Fatah, the faction led by President Mahmoud Abbas.

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