Israelis will head to the polls on Tuesday (27 October) in the first election since the 7 October attacks and subsequent wars in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a big challenge from former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, with neither expected to secure a parliamentary majority.
But would a change in leadership bring peace in the region?
Both candidates oppose an independent Palestinian state, and support continued Israeli security control over Palestinian territories.
The Independent’s chief international correspondent Bel Trew reports.
