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Israel to close all West Bank crossings on election day

Dawn26 October 2026, 01:06 UTCPalestine

• Netanyahu faces tight race against Bennett, Lapid, Eisenkot in tomorrow’s polls • Warns Iran against attempts to disrupt elections • Israeli strikes kill seven people in Gaza, including three at university HEBRON: With just one day to go before Israel’s Oct 27 general election, Israel said Sunday that all land crossings with the West Bank would be closed on election day, as an Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people, according to staff and a local hospital, while the civil defence agency reported four more deaths elsewhere in the territory. The announcement came a

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