India, Oct. 23 -- As Israel heads to vote on October 27, a host of political figures, including an ex-prime minister and a former military chief, have positioned themselves as challengers seeking to replace Benjamin Netanyahu. While Israel votes for parties and not single candidates to enter the 120-seat Knesset, there are some prominent figures who have emerged as front-runners for the prime ministerial post.

The key faces include Prime Minister Netanyahu from the Likud Party; former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot from Yashar; Israel's minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit; Bezalel Smotrich of the Religious Zionist Party; and former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, who an...