India, Oct. 27 -- Voting is now underway in Israel for a high stakes general election. It marks the first election in Israel since the devastating October 7 tragedy of 2023 and the Iran war. All 120 seats in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, are at stake. The country's Central Election Committee will calculate and publish the results.

Voters Head to the Polls for First Time Since Deadly October 7 Attack

On October 27, 2026, Israeli voters will go to the polls for the country's first national election since the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and left 251 others taken hostage.

That attack set off Israel's war in Gaza and was followed by broader regional conflicts involving Lebanon and Iran. The vo...