WorldThe GuardianLegacy of 7 October looms large as a divided Israel goes to the polls in record numbers
Israel is holding a general election with record turnout, as bereaved families of the 7 October attacks urge voters to remember the victims when choosing the next government.
Bereaved families tell voters to remember the victims while others have flown thousands of miles to cast their ballots
Israelis are voting in a general election with record turnout, including tens of thousands who flew home from overseas to cast their ballots in person.
Bereaved families held a minute of silence at 6.29am, the exact moment Hamas launched its attack three years ago, then urged voters to remember the losses.
Netanyahu faces his strongest challenger yet in former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, who called this perhaps the most critical day since Israel was founded.
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