Four ways Israel's election could end
The gist
Israelis vote Oct 27 in the first national election since the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack.
Polls point to deadlock, so coalition bargaining will likely decide who governs.
How it unfolded
- 2021Opposition leaders cobbled together a similar coalition, only for it to collapse after a year of infighting.
- 2022Netanyahu and his allies won 64 parliamentary seats, though they received only about 48 percent of the total vote.
- Oct 7, 2023Hamas-led gunmen stormed through Gaza's border fence, killing almost people and taking 251 hostages.