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The Israeli government officially fell apart on Tuesday at midnight local time. The collapse came after Israel's parliament failed to meet a deadline for passage of the 2020 and 2021 budgets. CNN reports Israel will now head to its fourth elections in two years, probably on March 23 next year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz blamed one another for the collapse of their tenuous coalition government. Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's Likud party is again on track to win the most Knesset seats in the next election. With Blue and White hemorrhaging support, Netanyahu's biggest rivals seem to be coming from other right-wing parties, which have been gaining ground.
Israeli demonstrators rally in support of a new coalition government in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem where lawmakers are set to vote on a "change" coalition seeking to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year reign. If the fragile eight-party alliance wins a razor-thin majority in the 120-seat Knesset, Netanyahu, 71, will be replaced as premier by his one-time ally Naftali Bennett, a right-wing Jewish nationalist and former tech millionaire. IMAGES
Former military chief Benny Gantz and his wife Revital Gantz vote in the central town of Rosh Haayin. Gantz is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main challenger in the elections. Israel is holding its third election in less than 12 months following inconclusive votes in April and September. IMAGES
Hundreds of Israeli protesters gather around a fire set outside the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv as they rally to demand early elections and a deal to release hostages held in Gaza since Hamas's October 7 attacks. IMAGES
The United States calls the death of six-year-old Gaza girl Hind Rajab, who days earlier had pleaded for help, "heartbreaking" and urges a prompt Israeli investigation. "It is just a devastating account, a heartbreaking account, for this child, and of course there have been thousands of other children who have died as a result of this conflict," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, adding, "We have asked the Israeli authorities to investigate this incident on an urgent basis." SOUNDBITE
Israeli anti-government protesters rally in Tel Aviv's Habima Square, calling for early elections and for the government to resign, amid the ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
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