Israelis Weigh Netanyahu’s Election Fate 3 Years After Oct. 7 Attack
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 7
Israelis Weigh Netanyahu’s Election Fate 3 Years After Oct. 7 Attack
2 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 7
Summary
This month’s election is emerging as a delayed judgment on Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials blamed by some Israelis for failing to prevent the Oct. 7, 2023 assault.
Survivors of the deadliest day in Israel’s history say the vote has become a way to demand accountability after the country, in their view, dropped its guard.
The reckoning comes 3 years after the attack killed 1,209 people, mostly civilians, and left communities such as Nir Oz still rebuilding from killings, abductions and lasting trauma.
Netanyahu’s political future is being weighed alongside a broader dispute over responsibility for Oct. 7 and the war that followed, with critics also pressing for a formal inquiry.