Lifelong Likud voters turn on Netanyahu as Israel prepares for its first election since the October 7 attacks
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.
Yossi Assayag, 74, a Likud backer most of his life, is now campaigning in Dimona for rival Gadi Eisenkot and says 'Bibi has brought disaster to Israel.' Eisenkot's centrist Yashar party runs neck-and-neck with Likud ahead of Tuesday's vote. A poll of 4,000 Israelis suggests Netanyahu's bloc will fall short of 61 seats. Tens of thousands marched in Tel Aviv demanding answers over October 7.
Margalit Moses, 80, kidnapped by Hamas, says she does not feel Netanyahu protects her.
Trump says the US must 'finish the job' against Iran alone if Netanyahu loses.
Netanyahu still faces a corruption trial and allegations he ignored warnings before October 7.
