Israeli voters in Dimona turn on Netanyahu ahead of election

Frustrated voters in the Israeli town of Dimona are campaigning for Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival ahead of Tuesday's election, seeking to oust the veteran prime minister in the first vote since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Netanyahu's Likud party has seen support decline sharply following the security failure, with polls showing his coalition losing its majority. Centrist challenger Gadi Eisenkot, a former army chief, is running nearly even with Likud, though the race has tightened. Dimona, a traditional Likud stronghold, remains divided as some loyalists refuse to abandon the party while others seek change. About 13 percent of voters remain undecided, with only 55 percent of 2022 Likud voters planning to support the party again.