Last week, Israel held a pivotal general election – the first since the deadly Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the wars that followed in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition bloc – led by Gadi Eisenkot – are in near deadlock. Now comes a period of political deal-making to form a coalition government.
The BBC’s Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson spoke to voters in the lead up to the vote to see what influenced their vote.
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