Gaza officials say Deir el-Balah vote is a ‘pilot’, while occupied West Bank also goes to first polls since 2023 war. Palestinians in central Gaza and the occupied West Bank are voting in municipal elections, the first local vote held since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Polling stations opened at 7am (04:00 GMT) on Saturday for 70,000 eligible voters ... [5074 chars]
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