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Wartime election has fastest turnout since 1977 as Israelis pass judgment on Netanyahu

By Steven Scheer and Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Israelis surged to the polls on Tuesday at a pace that shattered records, to pass wartime judgment on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what voters described as the most consequential election in the nation's history. Long lines formed outside polling stations for the first election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, with voters passionately engaged over the trauma of ‌the country's deadliest day and the ensuing