Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu faces losing power as a divided country prepares to vote in its first election since October 7
Two gunmen shot dead two Israeli soldiers and wounded three at a checkpoint, the attack Benjamin Netanyahu cited as justification for sealing West Bank crossings and launching strikes across more than 400 locations in…A Hyundai excavator demolishes a building in a densely built urban area, as videos show soldiers marking homes with black crosses before bulldozers flattened entire blocks across Hebron.
Lifelong Likud supporter Yossi Assayag, 74, is now going door-to-door for the rival party in Dimona: 'Bibi has brought disaster to Israel.' Some 70,000 Israelis are reportedly flying home to vote, along with half a million first-time voters. Benjamin Netanyahu is still on trial for corruption and accused of ignoring warnings before 7 October. Polls are due to open at 7am on Tuesday.
An Agam Labs poll projects Netanyahu's bloc winning 52-54 seats, short of the 61 needed.
Margalit Moses, 80, was kidnapped by Hamas and says Netanyahu does not protect her.
Loyal restaurant owner Benny Abraham still backs him: 'He's the king of Israel.'
