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  • Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party poses for a photo as he arrives to the swearing-in ceremony for new Knesset members at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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  • GAZA CITY, GAZA, PALESTINE - NOVEMBER 7: Displaced Palestinians try to drain rainwater from their flooded tents following heavy rainfall in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine on November 7, 2026. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a briefing near the Salem military post in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. Israel's biggest military operation for years in the occupied West Bank continued for a second day on July 4, leaving at least 10 Palestinians dead and forcing thousands to flee their homes as the government said it struck "with great strength" the militant stronghold. (Photo by Shir TOREM / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SHIR TOREM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Likud activists hang campaign posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu beside a billboard featuring opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Israel's general election in Dimona, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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  • <p>CNN Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond is on the ground in Tel Aviv as Israel's former military chief Gadi Eisenkot makes an appearance at his last campaign event on Sunday, making a final push before voters head to the polls on Tuesday.</p>
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  • <p>Israeli soldiers exchanged gunfire with a gunman at a checkpoint near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday. In video obtained by Reuters, gunfire can be heard as an ambulance stands by. </p>
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  • RAF Typhoons from 12 Squadron are seen in their role protecting UK personnel and allied nations across the Middle East in this handout photo from March 8, 2026.
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  • Palestinian volunteers douse an olive tree set alight along with a Palestinian-owned vehicle, reportedly by Israeli settlers, near the village of Turmus Ayya, north of the city of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on October 16, 2026. The olive harvest starts in the West Bank in October and makes up a large component of the agricultural economy and cultural life for most Palestinians. Violence has flared in recent months in the West Bank with near-daily attacks, thefts or vandalism by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. Extremist Israeli settlers have been seizing olive groves owned by Palestinians, who see the trees as a cultural symbol. Some 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel captured in 1967, among three million Palestinians. Settlements in occupied territory are illegal under international law. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • One teenager was killed and others were wounded, according to Israeli emergency response services, after an explosion on an Israeli school trip near the Lebanon border. This image was provided by the Israel Defense Forces.
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