Afghanistan, Oct. 27 -- Israeli voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday to elect 120 members of the Knesset, in a closely watched parliamentary election that could determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power or centrist rivals form the next government. The vote is the country's first national election since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent regional wars.
Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time and are scheduled to close at 10 p.m. Israeli television networks are expected to publish exit polls immediately after voting ends, providing the first estimates of how many seats each party could win. These projections are preliminary and may differ from the final results.
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