Polls opened in Israel on Tuesday in the country’s first election since the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a close contest after three years of war and deepening political divisions.
Some 7.3 million people are eligible to vote in an election shaped by questions over security, accountability and the country’s future direction. The last published opinion polls put Netanyahu neck and neck with his main centrist challenger, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot.
