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What does Israel's election mean for Gaza and the wider world?

BBC News •
October 27, 2026 • 10:17 AM
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The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports from Jerusalem as ballots are cast.

What does Israel's election mean for Gaza and the wider world?

Israelis are voting in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country's history.

Polling published on Friday suggests incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu is in a near neck-and-neck race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to become prime minister.

But where do the two rivals stand when it comes to foreign policy and how might their actions differ with regards to Gaza and the occupied West Bank?

The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports from Jerusalem.

Dozens of people had been inside the church for a funeral when the shooting began, local media report.

Orla Guerin travelled through Yemen, with forces loyal to its internationally recognised government, to a remote desert battlefield where Houthi rebels were dislodged just days ago.

Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Iran-backed Houthis' precision strikes and guerrilla tactics have made it difficult for Saudi forces to gain the upper hand.

BBC Verify explains how we found the wreckage location of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet which the Iran-backed Houthi group says it shot down over Yemen.

Yemen's Houthis have seized territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait - a key trade gateway for oil and global shipping.

BBC's Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson visits the Palestinian community of Khan al Ahmar in the so-called E1 area, and the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Maale Admumim.

BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from an area close to Israel's proposed site in the occupied West Bank.

Six people, including three pupils at the Palestinian school, have been killed in al-Mughayyir this year, in a surge of Israeli settler-related violence.

Omar al-Bayoumi has always denied being an extremist and a Saudi spy.

Palestinian teenagers Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia were shot dead when Israeli settlers and soldiers entered a village in the occupied West Bank.

The BBC's Hugo Bachega joined a UN humanitarian convoy as it travelled along Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon.

The BBC's Lucy Williamson reports on settler attacks on Palestinians, which have been observed over the last week alone.

Washington announced what it described as an "economic D-Day" against Iran, widening current sanctions and targetting countries with business ties with the regime.

After the homeowners made their initial report to the Israeli army, the first soldiers who arrived at the scene were filmed praying with the settlers.

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the two world leaders to town, where they'll separately visit the White House to discuss their region's wars.

Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques, as well as cars and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say.

Mojtaba Khamenei hasn’t been seen in public since March - but AI-generated images of him continue to spread online.

The BBC's chief international correspondent looks at how Iran's new leadership will respond to several issues affecting the country.

The US has launched the strikes on Iran in response to attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

Huge crowds have lined the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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