Gadi Eisenkot, ex-Israeli army chief, challenges Netanyahu in October election

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Former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot is challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the October 27 election, campaigning on security, leadership, and accountability for the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack failures. Eisenkot, who founded the Yashar party in 2025, served as IDF chief of staff from 2015 to 2019 and lost his son and two nephews in the Gaza war. He opposes Palestinian statehood and supports settlements, but rejects partnering with Arab Israeli parties. Opinion polls show his party leading Netanyahu's Likud, though Israel's fragmented political landscape may complicate coalition-building for either leader.


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