Israeli parliament dissolved ahead of general elections on October 27

The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, dissolved itself early on Friday, after passing a wide range of bills in the final moments of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Knesset will not reconvene before the elections scheduled for October 27, and the parliament is set to begin its summer recess on Friday.

The anticipated dissolution of the parliament comes as Netanyahu strives to cling to power ahead of the upcoming elections, as Israel approaches the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack.