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Israel votes Tuesday with Netanyahu and rival Eisenkot in close race
Israelis vote Tuesday in their first national election since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, which set off three years of war in the region.
Israelis vote Tuesday in their first national election since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, which set off three years of war in the region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US-brokered Gaza peace plan, even though Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and has fought Israel there, already agreed to it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israeli troops will not leave Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons entirely, rejecting the terms of a Gaza ceasefire and disarmament deal that US President Donald Trump announced only days earlier.