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Israel elections: voter turnout reaches 55% by 4pm local time

France 2427 October 2026, 16:52 UTCIsrael

Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday (October 27) in turnout unseen in decades, with a deeply divided electorate delivering a verdict on veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack. FRANCE24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

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