Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.
The two politicians’ alliance is aimed at uniting a fragmented opposition against current PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Voter turnout in Gaza remained low due to the ongoing impact of the genocide.
Deir el-Balah residents vote for first time since 2006 despite destruction, displacement and genocide.
Palestinians are voting in Gaza’s first municipal elections in 21 years. Around 70,000 people are registered to vote.
Gaza officials say Deir el-Balah vote is a ‘pilot’, while occupied West Bank also goes to first polls since 2023 war.
Frustration with the Palestinian Authority and Israeli occupation fuel voter apathy in local West Bank elections.
The elections offer participation without power, revealing how occupation shapes and limits Palestinian political life.
Anticorruption police gathered material from the homes of ex-election office head Piero Corvetto and other officials.
Deir el-Balah holds Gaza’s first local election in 21 years amid war ruins, with residents demanding real solutions.
