Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu government days before election

Thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the government, demanding an independent inquiry into the security failures that preceded the October 7, 2023 attacks. The October Council, founded by families of captives taken to Gaza, organised the protest three days before the first general election since the Gaza war began. Opposition figures Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan attended the rally. Polls ahead of Tuesday’s vote show Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc neck and neck with Eisenkot’s, with neither projected to win a majority.