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Israeli Vote Too Close to Call Between Netanyahu and Eisenkot

Bloomberg Politics28 October 2026, 02:47 UTCIsrael

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot are neck and neck in the country’s first election since the 2023 Hamas attacks, setting up a tense period of negotiations over who will form the next government.

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