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According to polls on the exit of the ballot box, outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Tuesday at the elbow-to-neck with his rival Gadi Eisenkot following the first parliamentary elections in Israel since the attacks of 7 October 2023. The registered turnout, set at 74.3 per cent two hours prior to the closing of polling stations, was the highest since the 1988 elections, according to the Electoral Commission.
According to polls on the exit of the ballot box, outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Tuesday at the elbow-to-neck with his rival Gadi Eisenkot following the first parliamentary elections in Israel since the attacks of 7 October 2023. The registered turnout, set at 74.3 per cent two hours prior to the closing of polling stations, was the highest since the 1988 elections, according to the Electoral Commission.
