If Eisenkot wins, he will be the first Israeli prime minister to have a personal vendetta with Gaza. He lost his son, Gal Meir Eisenkot, who was killed in the north of the Gaza Strip on December 7, 2023. and his nephew, Maor Cohen Eisenkot, who was killed in the south of the Gaza Strip on December 8, 2023 and his nephew Yogev Pazi, who was killed in the north of the Gaza Strip in November 2024.