“Who is Gadi Eisenkot? Netanyahu's main challenger in the Israeli election”

Key points

• Prediction market Polymarket shows Eisenkot at almost 60 percent for next prime minister.
• Netanyahu trails at about 27 percent in the same market data.
• Eisenkot portrays himself as security hawk and political outsider after son’s death in Gaza.
• Both leaders reject creating a future independent Palestinian state and call for security control.
• Eisenkot pledges to replace Hamas administration within 18 months via diplomacy or force.