Polls show Benjamin Netanyahu could lose power as Israel 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.
Former army chief Gadi Eisenkot is Netanyahu's top rival, and his Yashar party is neck-and-neck with Likud. In Dimona, a Likud bastion, lifelong supporters are going door-to-door for him. 'Bibi has brought disaster to Israel,' said Yossi Assayag, 74. Tens of thousands also marched in Tel Aviv demanding answers over the October 7 failures.
Margalit Moses, 80, was kidnapped by Hamas and says Netanyahu does not protect her.
Netanyahu still faces a corruption trial and claims he ignored warnings before October 7.
Thirty-nine parties are running for the Knesset, and none has ever won an outright majority.
