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Israeli citizens are called to the polls as political tensions and the mobilization of the hostages' families continue.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog was among the first to vote in Jerusalem together with his partner Michal Herzog.
In Tel Aviv, on the day of the polls, the families of the hostages gathered to urge Israelis to vote "for change, justice and a better future". The Israeli media reported it.
Some party leaders have also already expressed their preferences. Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich, president of Religious Zionism, voted in the West Bank settlement of Kedumin, urging voters to mobilize friends and family to go to the polls and "take responsibility for the State of Israel, the only Jewish state."
Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats, voted on Rosh Ha'ayin.
"Today is the day we save Israel. We have fought for four years in the streets and now we turn to the ballot box," Golan said.
Far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also voted in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
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