In Israel, parliamentary elections are held on October 27. Voters in Israel in the Knesset elections, about 7.3 million people have the right to vote, writes the "Times of Israel". These are the first parliamentary elections in the country since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The final vote count is expected by October 30, with the official election results announced on November 4. Public opinion polls published before the opening of the polls showed a "tense struggle" between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc and the opposition forces led by the Yasr party of former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, the newspaper writes.