Israel to give verdict on Netanyahu in pivotal election

A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack , with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s rightward drift. Israelis are casting their ballots in the shadow of three years of multi-front regional wars, with the trauma of the Oct 7 attack still fresh and questions over accountability and security central to the campaign. The close-fought vote comes as Israel looks increasingly isolated on the world stage, driven by a devastating military campaign in Gaza, soaring settlement…