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Turnout high as Israeli voters deliver verdict on Netanyahu

France 2427 October 2026, 14:45 UTCIsrael

Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday (October 27) in turnout unseen in decades, with a deeply divided electorate delivering a verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack. Former FRANCE 24 correspondent, Irris Makler, tells us more.

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