Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went into Tuesday’s election carrying the public’s fury over his failure to take responsibility for the 7 October Hamas attack. Yet, the initial results showed that his Likud party outperformed all others, though it fell short of a majority, plunging the country into political gridlock with no clear path to power. Photo: AFP

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