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POLITICS● ELEVATED1h ago · Oct 26, 2026, 5:11 PM

Opponents accuse Netanyahu of stoking tensions with Iran before Israel's election

France 24 [en] · middle east

Israel's defence minister denied on Monday (October 26) reports of a rift between PM Netanyahu and the army over Iran, before the vote. Netanyahu has campaigned heavily on his security credentials, insisting only he can "finish the job" in the US-Israeli war on Iran. His main rival, ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot, has accused him of playing up the Iran threat when it suits him politically, and of failing to accomplish his war goals. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

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