Netanyahu faces his toughest test yet as Israel heads to the polls with final surveys putting rival Eisenkot ahead
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…
Final polls put Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar on 22 seats, ahead of Likud on 20, with neither bloc expected to reach the 61 needed to govern. Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly tried to persuade Donald Trump to join strikes on Iran before the vote, but Trump did not give a green light. His office dismissed the report as 'fake news'. Around four million Israelis are expected to vote.
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