India Today Ground Report: Israel Election Turnout Surges In High-Stakes Benjamin Netanyahu Test

Israel held crucial national elections marked by a significantly higher voter turnout of 44.9 percent compared to the 2022 polls, drawing tens of thousands of citizens back from overseas to cast their ballots. Over 7.3 million eligible voters headed to polling stations to elect 120 members to the Knesset in the country's first national election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks. At the center of the fierce political contest is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud-led…