Israel sets October 27 election as Netanyahu faces crucial post-Gaza war test

France 24 reports that Israel has scheduled national elections for October twenty-seventh, marking a crucial test for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the Gaza war. The seventy-six-year-old leader says he intends to seek another term. Observers widely view the vote—set for the latest legally permitted date—as a referendum on Netanyahu's post-war leadership.

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